California Senate Bill 690 is finally moving forward. The original bill would have broadly exempted disclosures made for a “commercial business purpose,” as defined under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), potentially eliminating many California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) claims involving common website technologies. The amended version is narrower but could still offer meaningful
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Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act Amendment May Make Waves in Litigation Trends
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy, Enforcement + Litigation
Last week, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed S.B. 2979 to amend the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) immediately to define the repeated collection of the same biometric data without consent as a SINGLE, COLLECTIVE violation of the Act–this is a significant change. The precedent set by the Illinois Supreme Court in February 2023 in Cothron…