Samantha Hawkins reports: Chicago’s Roosevelt University prevailed in a privacy suit brought by a labor union over its use of biometric hand scans, with an Illinois appeals court justice ruling that a federal labor law trumped the state’s privacy law. The case was brought by William Walton, an employee in Roosevelt’s campus safety department, who…
Category: Laws
Court Rejects Dismissal of Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act Against Clearview AI in Pending Multidistrict Litigation
Matthew Delgado, Kathryn Cahoy, and Eric Bosset of Covington and Burling write: An Illinois federal district court recently rejected dismissal of Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) claims in In re Clearview AI, Inc., Consumer Privacy Litigation, No. 21-cv-135 (N.D. Ill.). The Clearview plaintiffs alleged that Clearview violated their privacy rights without their knowledge and consent by scraping…
Oman Data Protection Law 2022
Oman has recently enacted a new personal data protection law, royal decree no 6/2022 (DP Law), to regulate the processing of personal data in the sultanate of Oman The DP Law was issued on 9 February 2022 and will come into effect on 13 February 2023. The executive regulations (Regulations), which will clarify various elements…
Recent NYSED Decision Underscores Need for School Districts to Protect Data Privacy
Douglas Gerhardt, Tracie Lopardi, and Alan Winchester of Harris Beach PLLC write: School districts must consider the sanctity and privacy of data they maintain, as a recent decision underscores from the New York State Education Department’s Office of the Chief Privacy Officer. This alert explains the recent decision, a prior guidance opinion and considerations for…