Daniel R. Stoller reports: Alphabet Inc.’s Google said a California federal court should dismiss a lawsuit alleging the company violated an Illinois law that protects biometric identifiers such as fingerprints, because the statute doesn’t pertain to photographs. The plaintiffs accuse the company of creating faceprints from consumer photos, not actual people, so the Illinois Biometric…
Category: Laws
Exposure Notification Privacy Act: Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Regulate Covid-19 Contact Tracing Apps
Nicole Su of Womble Bond Dickinson writes: As cities across the country begin to reopen, companies and public health officials look for ways combat the spread of COVID-19. One such way is through contract tracing apps. Of course, such apps come with it the collection and transmission of large amounts of consumer health data. Lawmakers…
India’s Aadhaar Needs Checks and Balances
Milad Emamian reports: Over the last ten years, India has rapidly adopted Aadhaar, the world’s largest national identification system. But critics increasingly raise concerns over how Aadhaar operates. In a recent paper, for example, Vrinda Bhandari, a lawyer, and Renuka Sane, a professor with the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, argue that the legal framework surrounding Aadhaar suffers from several…
Colleges debate whether to detail positive coronavirus tests for athletes
Steve Megargee reports: Over the past two weeks, as college athletes have returned to campuses to work out and prepare for sports later this year, a handful of them have tested positive for coronavirus. Arkansas State. Houston. Boise State. Iowa State. Oklahoma State. More than a dozen schools in all. Just how many positive tests…