Archive for the ‘Biometrics non-compliance’ Category

Illinois softens penalties for violations of the Biometric Information Privacy Act

Five years ago, we wrote a blog post about how Illinois was a pioneer in passing a comprehensive statute protecting biometric information, and how other states were following suit. Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), enacted in 2008, protects these biometric identifiers: fingerprints, retina scans, iris scans, hand geometry scans, voiceprints, and face geometry scans.  Illinois […]

The risks of biometrics non-compliance

Most companies are aware of issues concerning how they use and handle “personally identifiable information” (PII) of their customers. In general, web-based businesses (which is to say, nearly all businesses) disclose their uses of PII with some specificity in their privacy policies and terms of use (goodcounsel is often called up to draft these for […]