The following post was prepared by guest contributor, my friend, my brother-in-arms, and newly-minted Partner in Shook’s Privacy and Data Security Practice, Colman McCarthy
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Rosenbach is the Beginning, Not the End, of BIPA Litigation
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The Illinois Supreme Court’s decision last week in Rosenbach v. Six Flags may have closed the first of what will be several chapters in class action litigation arising from the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The court addressed the very narrow issue of what it means for a person to be “aggrieved” under BIPA. Ultimately, the court held that a violation of the notice, consent, disclosure, or other requirements of BIPA alone, without proof of actual harm, is sufficient for a person to be considered “aggrieved” by a violation of the law.
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GDPR Webinar: A Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Building a Compliance Program
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Posted in Data Privacy, GDPR
In three months, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), one of the strictest privacy laws in the world, will go into effect. It will apply to companies that collect or process personal data of EU residents, regardless of whether the company is physically located in the EU. Companies that violate the law will be…