Libbie Canter, Lindsey Tonsager, and Priya Leeds of Covington and Burling write: In 2020, Illinois residents whose photos were included in the Diversity in Faces dataset brought a series of lawsuits against multiple technology companies, including IBM, Facefirst, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google alleging violations of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act.[1] In the years since, the cases…
Arizona voted to repeal its abortion ban
Matthew Cullen reports: Arizona lawmakers today repealed an abortion ban that first became law in 1864, when Abraham Lincoln was president and a half-century before women won the right to vote. The repeal narrowly passed the Republican-controlled State Senate with the support of all 14 Democratic senators and two Republicans. Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, is…
CJEU Gives File-Sharer Surveillance & Data Retention a Green Ligh
Andy Maxwell writes: In a judgment published today, Europe’s top court concludes that suspected file-sharers can be subjected to mass surveillance and retention of their data as long as certain standards are upheld. Digital rights groups hoped to end the French ‘Hadopi’ anti-piracy scheme, claiming that it violates the fundamental right to privacy. The CJEU’s…
Nebraska Enacts Nebraska Data Privacy Act
Libbie Canter, Lindsey Tonsager, Hensey A. Fenton III, and Jessica Ke of Covington and Burling write: On April 17, the Nebraska governor signed the Nebraska Data Privacy Act (the “NDPA”) into law. Nebraska is the latest state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation, joining California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, Montana, Oregon, Texas, Florida, Delaware, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Kentucky, and Maryland. The NDPA will take effect on January 1,…