Christopher Brown reports: Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. and its technology contractor Perfect Corp. defeated a biometric-privacy lawsuit alleging it collected the face scans of website visitors without their consent through the site’s virtual try-on feature, a federal court ruled. Plaintiffs Celia Castelaz, Brittanie Nalley, Northa Johnson, and Lori Carter failed to show that Estee Lauder…
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Madison Square Garden Facial ID Suit Should Advance, Judge Says
Christopher Brown reports: Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. should be required to face allegations that it violated the New York City biometrics law at its entertainment venues, a federal magistrate judge said in a recommendation. The plaintiffs’ allegation that MSG benefited from using their information because it allowed the company to deter litigation and reduce…
New Hampshire Legislature Passes a Comprehensive Privacy Law, While NJ Bill Goes to the Governor’s Desk for Signature
Ali Jessani, Kirk Nahra, and Genesis Ruano of Wilmer Hale write: On January 4, 2023, the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 255 (the “Act”) with amendments, setting the stage for New Hampshire to become the latest state with a comprehensive privacy law. The Act will now move on to the House and awaits Senate…
Resources: Breach notification laws: US and GDPR
The law firm of BakerHostetler has recently released several free resources of note: 2023 Data Security Incident Response Report EU GDPR Data Breach Notification Interactive Map State Data Breach Notification Law Interactive Map PDF Version of State Data Breach Notification Laws Thanks, as always, to Joe Cadillic for alerting us to these.