BIPA – The Road Forward
There have been approximately 50 class action lawsuits filed in the last year seeking redress for alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), one of several state laws regulating the commercial...
Has BIPA Succeeded or Failed to Fulfill its Objectives?
The Origins of BIPA In 2008 a biometric payments company, Pay By Touch, spectacularly failed and ceased operations. This created widespread concern in Illinois, home of the defunct company, because it left the status of biometric...
Identifying Biometric Use Cases for Regulatory Compliance
In the first post of this blog series, we explored recent state legislation governing the use of biometrics. Now let’s shift the focus into understanding how your organization is using biometrics and if legislation applies to...
Biometrics – The Evolving State Regulatory Landscape
There has been a lot of press lately regarding concerns around the use of biometric technology and privacy largely fueled by recent class action lawsuits aimed at high-profile companies like Google, Shutterfly and Facebook....
The Evolution of the PCI Data Security Standard
The recent release of PCI Data Security Standard version 3.2 represents an evolution in safeguarding payment data and is comprised of “Clarifications” and “Evolving Requirements”. It would be easy to minimize the importance of...