BIPA anniversary marked with proposals for improvement, close examination

Fifteen years after its passage, the U.S. state of Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act only looks more threatening to non-governmental organizations using biometric scans in the state.

Analysis of BIPA's impact in the trade publication Law360 notes what so many have said before. The courts have largely defined BIPA as a big stick to be used on businesses who are not careful enough with people's biometric data.

The liability law requires non-governmental organizations to get consent before collecting a person's …

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