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Face Forward: Strategies for Complying with Facial Recognition Laws

Debevoise Data Blog

a) Illinois The first biometric privacy law in the United States was BIPA, which became effective in 2008. Unsurprisingly, BIPA has begun to generate significant class action litigation both in Illinois and elsewhere: The Six Flags case, involving use of fingerprint scans for admission to a theme park, resulted in a $36 million settlement.

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Announcing the 2024 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook

Eric Goldman

MySpace opinion from 2008, another 15-year casebook veteran. The case raised some important discussion topics, but the holding itself was partially limited by the litigation posture. Part 312, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act’s Regulations Overview of the E.U.’s I deleted the Fifth Circuit’s Doe v.