Takeaways The Seventh Circuit held that the 2024 amendment to BIPA’s damages provision applies retroactively, eliminating the possibility of “per‑scan” statutory damages for cases pending at the time ...

AI meeting tools that identify speakers may trigger BIPA compliance. Here’s how Illinois law, case law and AI regulation are shaping biometric risk for employers.

The Seventh Circuit held that the BIPA damages cap applies retroactively to pending cases. The court held the 2024 amendment ...

An Illinois employee claimed Popeyes collected fingerprints without consent, but the court found insufficient evidence to ...

September 5, 2023 - Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA or the Act), passed in 2008, aims to protect a person's unique traits. In essence, BIPA ...

"A plaintiff who alleges thousands of claims under BIPA Section 15 is only 'entitled to, at most, one recovery under' Section ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit says the 2024 amendment to Illinois’ BIPA limiting damages applies retroactively to pending cases.

The "bipa," a guitar-shaped Korean traditional instrument widely loved for over a thousand years, has almost been completely lost to history. Kim Ju-yeong, one of fewer than 10 bipa players left in ...

The chain allegedly violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, a law that has led to several high-profile ...

Bipa, a Brazilian startup aiming to simplify financial transactions through Bitcoin, has announced the successful closure of its seed investment round, raising R$8 million (approximately $1.4 million) ...