Chris Burt reports: A potential class action lawsuit has been filed against Mitek alleging the company failed to meet the informed consent requirements of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) when authenticating users of the HyreCar app with selfie biometrics. Named plaintiff Joshua Johnson claims to have uploaded a photo of his driver’s license and a selfie…
Category: Breaches
The Duchess and the tabloid: The Mail admits it’s beaten
Brian Cathcart writes: The owners of the Mail on Sunday have finally capitulated in the privacy and breach of copyright case brought by the Duchess of Sussex, abandoning any idea of a further appeal and agreeing to pay an undisclosed sum in settlement. Following an order [pdf] made by the Court of Appeal which (among other things) required…
Privacy News from Here and There….
Did you miss a lot of news while you were getting ready for the holidays? Here’s some of what Joe Cadillic compiled for his December 20 round-up: Oregon TITAN Fusion Center Sued Over Domestic Spying Operation: https://indiancountrytoday.com/the-press-pool/oregon-sued-over-domestic-spying-operation https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58a33e881b631bc60d4f8b31/t/61b8bb6d462c75142d0b2bea/1639496557832/Farrell-Smith+v.+Oregon%2C+Complaint+%2812.14.21%29.pdf The US public isn’t fully aware of the extent of law enforcement and government surveillance: https://reclaimthenet.org/public-isnt-fully-aware-of-the-extent-of-law-enforcement-surveillance/ Federal…
Top 10 Privacy and Data Protection Cases of 2021: A selection
Over at Inforrm’s Blog, Suneet Sharma writes: Inforrm covered a wide range of data protection and privacy cases in 2021. Following my posts in 2018, 2019 and 2020 here is my selection of most notable privacy and data protection cases across 2021: Lloyd v Google LLC [2021] UKSC 50 In the most significant privacy law judgment of the year the UK…