Brenna Goth reports: Illinois lawmakers are working to curb potential damages under the state’s biometric privacy law for companies that don’t secure written permission first to collect fingerprints, face scans, and other data. A measure advancing in the state legislature seeks changes to the Biometric Information Privacy Act, or BIPA, which allows private lawsuits over violations. The…
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The Creepy and Unconstitutional Government Database of Newborn Babies’ DNA
If I didn’t know better, I might think we never learn from history. Oh, wait. We never do. From PogoWasRight’s archives, some headlines from past years: Suit possible over baby DNA sent to military lab for national database (2010) Plan to tag new babies causes outcry (2010) DNA Data From California Newborn Blood Samples Stored,…
EU Court Upholds Authority of Data Protection Agencies
Seen at Iberian Lawyer: The national authority for the protection of personal data has sufficient authority to order data deletion even if the data subject has not requested it. A ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union based in Luxembourg clarifies that the European Regulation on the Protection of Personal Data empowers…
Once More With Feeling: Banning TikTok Doesn’t Do Much If We Don’t Regulate Data Brokers And Pass A Privacy Law
Karl Bode writes: While it seemed like our national policy hysteria over TikTok had waned slightly in 2024, it bubbled up once again last week upon rumors that the White House is supporting a “welcome and important” new bill that would effectively ban TikTok from operating in the United States. The bipartisan bill (full text) — which…