Matthew D. Provance

May 8, 2024 | mondaq.com | Matthew D. Provance |Archis A. Parasharami |Britteny Leyva |Anastasiya K. Lobacheva

Last month, two key members of Congress released a draft of the American Privacy Rights Act ("APRA"), comprehensive legislation that would change the landscape of consumer privacy law in the United States. If passed, APRA would create a national standard governing the collection, use, and disclosure of consumer personal information.

Apr 2, 2024 | mondaq.com | Britteny Leyva |Matthew D. Provance

In this article, the authors examine a recent enforcement action brought by the Federal Trade Commission that offers insight into the potential consequences for businesses that do not comply with the agency's policy statement guidelines.

Jan 4, 2024 | mondaq.com | Matthew D. Provance |Britteny Leyva

As we previewed in our prior Legal Update, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") warned businesses of its stance on the use and collection of biometric information in a May 2023 policy statement. Now, an enforcement action filed earlier this week offers insight into the potential consequences for businesses that do not comply with the FTC's policy statement guidelines.

Jun 6, 2023 | mondaq.com | Christopher Leach |Matthew D. Provance |Britteny Leyva

The Upshot, for Busy People On May 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") issued a policy statement warning companies of the ways that collecting and using biometric information, or using biometric information technologies, might amount to an unfair or deceptive practice in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act.

Feb 23, 2023 | lexology.com | Archis A. Parasharami |John Nadolenco |Matthew D. Provance |Colin O. Lubelczyk

In what is becoming a pattern, the Illinois Supreme Court recently issued another decision interpreting the Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) to expand potential liability for businesses. The court held in Cothron v. White Castle that each time a business collects or discloses an individual’s biometric data without first obtaining BIPA-compliant consent, a separate claim accrues under BIPA.