U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is required by various congressional and presidential mandates to implement a biometric entry/exit system. As part of our ongoing efforts to safeguard the Nation’s border and facilitate legitimate travel and trade, CBP published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register on November 19, 2020, which proposes that all…
Category: Laws
You Have Heard of the BIPA, But What About the GIPA?
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….
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…