Jason C. Gavejian and Joseph J. Lazzarotti of Jackson Lewis write: Earlier today, the Illinois Supreme Court handed down a significant decision concerning the ability of individuals to bring suit under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). In short, individuals need not allege actual injury or adverse effect, beyond a violation of his/her rights under BIPA, in…
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On Oregon’s dumb idea
HIPAA lawyer Jeff Drummond is critical of a proposed law in Oregon. Here’s why: Oregon wants to pass a law to prohibit the sale of de-identified data without the data subject’s consent. That is dumb — de-identified data does not have a data subject. And if it’s truly de-identified, there is no downside to its being…
NZ: Parole Board ordered to pay damages after privacy blunder ended in Taranaki man’s death
The New Zealand Herald reports: A Parole Board privacy blunder saw a Taranaki parolee forced to leave town before disappearing for a month – only later found to have committed suicide. The Human Rights Review Tribunal has ruled the New Zealand Parole Board breached the privacy of Jesse Dolman’s mum, Judith Ann Tapiki, and friend…
Google hit with €50m fine by CNIL for data privacy breach
The Irish Times reports: Google has been fined €50 million for breaking EU privacy laws in the first case of a US tech giant being caught under Europe’s tough new data protection rules. France’s data protection office (CNIL) found the US search engine guilty of breaking EU privacy laws by failing to obtain adequate consent…