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May 20, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Kristin L. Bryan
Last week, the Illinois House of Representatives joined the Illinois Senate in passing amendments to the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) to limit the scope of possible damages for violations of BIPA. As covered extensively here on PW, last year in Cothron v. White Castle, the Illinois Supreme Court held that an individual person accrues a separate statutory claim each time a defendant collects or discloses the individual’s biometric information in violation of BIPA.
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May 20, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Kristin L. Bryan |James Brennan
Last week, the Illinois House of Representatives joined the Illinois Senate in passing amendments to the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) to limit the scope of possible damages for violations of BIPA. As covered extensively here on PW, last year in Cothron v. White Castle, the Illinois Supreme Court held that an individual person accrues a separate statutory claim each time a defendant collects or discloses the individual’s biometric information in violation of BIPA.
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May 16, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Kristin L. Bryan
Earlier this month, arbitration services provider JAMS announced that it created a new set of Mass Arbitration Procedures and Guidelines (“Mass Procedures”) for use in mass arbitrations.
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May 7, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Kristin L. Bryan
The Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act, 410 ILCS 513/1, et seq. (“GIPA”), which was passed in 1998 and amended in 2008, had until recently received little attention from the plaintiffs’ bar. That changed last August, after a court granted certification in a federal GIPA class action involving alleged unauthorized disclosure of consumers’ genetic information to unknown third-party developers by a website that sold DNA analysis reports. See c, LLC, 344 F.R.D. 231, 233 (N.D. Ill. 2023).
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Glenn Brown |Kristin L. Bryan |Kyle Dull |Alan L. Friel
As state legislation increasingly regulates sensitive data, and expands the concepts of what is sensitive, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) is honing-in on sensitive data processing in expanding its unfairness authority in relation to privacy enforcement. The FTC’s recent enforcement activities regarding location aware data is a good example.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Kristin L. Bryan
2023 was another busy year in the realm of data event and cybersecurity litigations, with several noteworthy developments in the realm of disputes and regulator activity. Privacy World has been tracking these developments throughout the year. Read on for key trends and what to expect going into the 2024. Growth in Data Events Leads to Accompanying Increase in ClaimsThe number of reportable data events in the U.S. in 2023 reached an all-time high, surpassing the prior record set in 2021.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Kristin L. Bryan |Shea M. Leitch |James Brennan
2023 was another busy year in the realm of data event and cybersecurity litigations, with several noteworthy developments in the realm of disputes and regulator activity. Privacy World has been tracking these developments throughout the year. Read on for key trends and what to expect going into the 2024. Growth in Data Events Leads to Accompanying Increase in ClaimsThe number of reportable data events in the U.S. in 2023 reached an all-time high, surpassing the prior record set in 2021.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Kristin L. Bryan
On November 30, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously held that an exclusion in the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act applies to healthcare workers where their biometric information is collected, used, or stored in the course of providing medical services. The holding is a significant victory for healthcare institutions and clarifies that the applicable exemption, Section 10 of BIPA, does not only apply to hospital patients, but also extends to other circumstances.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Kristin L. Bryan
Last week, the Attorney General for California filed a notice of appeal to overturn a federal court ruling that the state’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“CAADCA”) likely violates the First Amendment. The appeal will put the constitutionality of California’s act before the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Moorari Shah |A.J. Dhaliwal |Jonathan E Richman |Kristin L. Bryan
Skip to main contentOctober 19, 2023Volume XIII, Number 292Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found. Trending NewsApplications Open for Visa-Free Travel To US For Eligible Israeli Nationals PrintMailDownloadiThe Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that visa-free travel for Israeli nationals has begun.
