Kashmir Hill reports: Though police have been using facial recognition technology for the last two decades to try to identify unknown people in their investigations, the practice of putting the majority of Americans into a perpetual photo lineup has gotten surprisingly little attention from lawmakers and regulators. Until now. […] A police reform bill that goes into effect in July…
Category: Laws
CPRA countdown: Changes to consumer rights in California
Tim Tobin, Julian Flamant, and Filippo Raso of Hogan Lovell write: As we have previously highlighted, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) has created several new consumer rights that will require businesses to change existing California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) compliance programs. While various existing consumer CCPA rights will continue, such as access and deletion…
Clearview AI Plans to Take its BIPA Challenge Over Standing to the Supreme Court
Christina Lamoureux of Squire Patton Boggs writes: In its latest filing in Thornley v. Clearview AI, No. 20-3249, defendant Clearview AI petitioned the Seventh Circuit to stay the issuance of its mandate in the litigation because it plans to file a petition for writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court. The Seventh Circuit has not yet…
Off to the Races: Over 50 Privacy Bills Introduced in the State of New York
Lydia de la Torre and Ann J. LaFrance of Squire Patton Boggs LLP write: … New York was closely watched in privacy circles last year, as approximately 30 privacy bills had been introduced and were discussed during the 2019-2020 session. None of the bills were enacted but state legislators clearly are not giving up. More…