1+ hour, 19+ min ago  (279+ words) Syracuse Common Councilors Monday are expected to thrust the city into the debate over biometric surveillance. Lawmakers are expected to vote on legislation that would ban it from businesses in Syracuse. Biometric surveillance uses information ranging from facial features to…...

9+ hour, 28+ min ago  (397+ words) A partial amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Personal Information Protection Act and a partial amendment to the standard (notification) for the violation of the Personal Information Protection Act will take effect on the 19th to increase the effectiveness and…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago  (217+ words) Blank Rome partners Daniel R. Saeedi and Rachel L. Schaller, and associates Amanda M. Noonan and Gabrielle N. Ganze authored this alert discussing the recent Seventh Circuit ruling that Illinois" 2024 BIPA amendment applies retroactively, curbing per-scan damages and significantly reducing defendants" exposure in pending…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (979+ words) Maryland recently passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act, becoming the first state to ban "surveillance pricing," or the use of personal data to set consumer-specific prices, in the food sector. .. .By: BCLP Maryland Gets Crabby with Surveillance Pricing Maryland…...

5+ hour, 16+ min ago  (323+ words) The Cook Labor Government has confirmed the appointment of the inaugural members of the new Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing (PRIS) Advisory Committee, established to provide independent advice on the responsible use of government data. The Committee comprises senior leaders…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (258+ words) On the legislative front, California lawmakers introduced Senate Bill 690, proposing to clarify that tracking technologies used for "commercial business purposes" fall outside CIPA's scope. That bill stalled in 2025, however, and was placed on a two-year track, leaving the business community…...

7+ hour, 8+ min ago  (327+ words) Residents in several communities are raising questions about the growing use of Flock Safety license plate recognition cameras, commonly known as Flock cameras, citing concerns over privacy, data retention, transparency, and oversight. Residents are additionally seeking transparency regarding the policies…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (638+ words) By now, most attorneys have certainly seen how AI can supplement one's practice in any number of ways. But, what happens when AI is used against you? One trend I've encountered with striking regularity, sometimes daily, is the surge in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (199+ words) Companies offering generative AI chat technologies to consumers should consider what protections apply under the Fourth Amendment of the U. S. Constitution and the federal Stored Communications Act (SCA) and how they should respond to law enforcement demands for user communications with…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (188+ words) At the time of contracting, few people are thinking of why or how the contract might be breached and what happens if so. However, a forum or arbitration selection clause may pre-determine your outcome regardless of who was at fault…...