Amy Gordon, Leslie Shanklin, and Jeff Warshafsky of Proskauer write: In recent years, the “live chat” feature often used on consumer-facing websites has become the subject of lawsuits brought under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”). In particular, there have been a surge of putative class actions challenging the use of this feature under…
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Employers Beware: New Wave of Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act Litigation
Kathryn Cahoy and Thea McCullough of Covington and Burling write: Likely spurred by plaintiffs’ recent successes in cases under Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), a new wave of class actions is emerging under Illinois’s Genetic Information Privacy Act (“GIPA”). While BIPA regulates the collection, use, and disclosure of biometric data, GIPA regulates that of…
Citizen Lab exposed an Israeli spyware firm. Now NSO Group is badgering them in court.
Shawn Musgrave reports: For years, cybersecurity researchers at Citizen Lab have monitored Israeli spyware firm NSO Group and its banner product, Pegasus. In 2019, Citizen Lab reported finding dozens of cases in which Pegasus was used to target the phones of journalists and human rights defenders via a WhatsApp security vulnerability. Now NSO, which is…
What the Diversity in Faces Litigation Means for Biometric Technologies
Libbie Canter, Lindsey Tonsager, and Priya Leeds of Covington and Burling write: In 2020, Illinois residents whose photos were included in the Diversity in Faces dataset brought a series of lawsuits against multiple technology companies, including IBM, Facefirst, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google alleging violations of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act.[1] In the years since, the cases…