Recently, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14/1, et seq. (BIPA) has received a lot of attention after the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision earlier this year in Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corp., where the Court held that a plaintiff need not allege an “actual injury or adverse effect, beyond violation of his … Continue Reading
The big game is over and we find ourselves hunkering down for the remaining weeks of winter. We could all use an island vacation or, in the alternative, some light reading material to distract ourselves from the cold outside the walls of our homes and offices. We have you covered (for the light reading, not … Continue Reading
On September 28, 2018 California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the first law in the United States governing the security of connected devices, set to take effect on January 1, 2020. The law places a burden on manufacturers of so-called “connected devices” to determine if changes to their security measures are required. The law … Continue Reading
Just when you thought you’d heard enough of newly enacted data privacy and security laws (“GDPR” ring a bell?), there’s more news on that front. The California legislature recently passed The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). According to a report by the International Association of Privacy Professionals, CCPA will affect over 500,000 U.S. … Continue Reading
Today, May 25, 2018, is a historic day in the global data privacy and security world as it is the effective day of the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a regulation designed to protect the “personal data” of EU residents by mandating standards for processing, using, and storing that data. Many organizations … Continue Reading
