Key takeaways from recent BIPA biometric technology vendor decision

Despite the lack of a direct relationship with end users of their technology—making compliance obligations such as providing notice and obtaining consent particularly challenging—the majority of courts to date have held that the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) extends to biometric technology vendors, mandating full compliance with Illinois’s biometric privacy statute.

Recently, a Washington federal court rejected a facial recognition identity verification vendor’s bid for dismissal of a BIPA class action in Rivera v. Amazon Web Servs., …

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