Jody Kahn Mason, Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian, and Maya Atrakchi of JacksonLewis write: On September 17, 2021, a three-judge panel of the Illinois Appellate Court for the First Judicial District issued a long-awaited decision regarding the statute of limitations for claims under the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) in Tims v. Black Horse Carriers, Inc. The Tims decision marks the…
Category: Laws
Is China’s New Personal Information Privacy Law the New GDPR?
Catherine Zhu of Foley & Lardner writes: China’s new Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL)—the first comprehensive law in China for the protection of personal information of individuals in China—will take effect Nov. 1. Given that China makes up almost a fifth of the world’s population, this means the PIPL’s privacy regulatory framework will soon apply…
‘Fundamental Right’: Defiant Texas Doctor Goes Public About Abortion He Provided
Mary Papenfuss reports: A defiant Texas doctor has boldly gone public about a newly illegal abortion procedure he performed earlier this month, saying he had a “duty of care” to his patient and she had a “fundamental right” to an abortion. “I fully understood that there could be legal consequences,” Dr. Alan Braid, of San…
Class action lawsuits filed under Washington State laws
Two potential class action lawsuits filed under the Washington Privacy Act caught my eye. Ford Motor Co. Accused of Violating Privacy Law by Storing Drivers Private Conversations and Releasing Them to Cops and a Private Company Anne Bradley-Smith reports: Ford Motor Company uses its infotainment system to secretly download and store drivers’ private text conversations,…