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
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If Your Disclosure of a Data Breach Was “Late,” You May Have to Litigate
By Jean Tomasco on
A professional accounting firm in Illinois received an unwanted holiday “gift” in the form of a class action complaint stemming from its alleged failure to secure personally identifiable information (PII) and to timely notify affected parties of a data breach.
On December 17, 2021, a lawsuit was filed against Bansley & Kierner, LLP, which offers…
Privacy Tip #14 – Record Destruction: an overwhelming problem
By Linn Foster Freedman & Andrea Donovan Napp on
Posted in Privacy Tips
This week’s tip is applicable to both individuals and businesses, and is a headache for both. Lately, it seems that everyone I talk to is lamenting about what a hassle document retention and destruction is, both personally and professionally. For good reason. Like other areas of law (such as data breach notification laws), every state…