BIPA one step closer to seeing its first major change since 2008 inception

On Thursday, a bipartisan majority in the Illinois Senate approved the first major change to Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act since it first passed back in 2008. This is in response to companies being held liable for astronomical sums in penalties. 
Over 2,000 BIPA lawsuits have been filed since 2018. In the largest settlement to date, Facebook paid $650 million in 2020 to over 1 million Illinoisans, amounting to $400 per each person. 
The scale of penalties under BIPA changed …

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