Joseph J. Lazzarotti and Jody Kahn Mason of JacksonLewis write: Enacted in 2008, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14 et seq. (the “BIPA”), went largely unnoticed until a few years ago when a handful of cases sparked a flood of class action litigation over the collection, use, storage, and disclosure of biometric information….
Category: Laws
California AG Becerra Tweets Endorsement for a Universal Opt-Out Tool
Taylor A. Bloom and Alan L. Friel of BakerHostetler write: On Jan. 28, California Attorney General Becerra tweeted his support for a newly developed privacy tool that may function as a means for universal opt out. “#CCPA requires businesses to treat a user-enabled global privacy control as a legally valid consumer request to opt out…
Virginia Legislature Passes Comprehensive Privacy Law: The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act
Libbie Canter and Kayvan Farchadi of Covington & Burling write: The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (HB 2307 / SB 1392), introduced in the House of Delegates on January 20, passed both houses of Virginia’s state legislature on February 5 with large bipartisan majorities. This comprehensive privacy bill, which would take effect on January 1, 2023, follows…
Virginia Set to Become Second State to Pass a Comprehensive Privacy Law
Kirk J. Nahra and Ali A. Jessani of Wilmer Hale write: The long wait to see if any state would join California in passing a comprehensive privacy law is finally coming to an end, as the Virginia Senate passed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) on February 3. An identical version of the bill had already…