Historic penalty decision in BIPA case shows the need to take biometric privacy seriously

Biometrics in one U.S. jurisdiction is now officially a live electrical wire dancing on the ground, ready to shock the unwary, and there appears to be no shortage of unwary companies in the state of Illinois.

The Illinois Supreme Court last week declined to revisit a previous decision that a company can be held liable for every biometric scan it conducts on anyone without their consent or without advising the subject how the data collected will be managed.

The state's …

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