This month, federal legislation aimed at protecting biometric data was introduced in the U.S. Senate. If it passes, the National Biometric Information Privacy Act of 2020 would be the first comprehensive federal law on...more
The Small Business Administration (SBA) has been added to the list of organizations recently targeted by cyber threat actors. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)...more
For most businesses the mass transition to working from home during COVID-19 shelter in place orders is a new venture. However, with this (temporary) transition from operating out of the same building, what should remain is...more
Due to COVID-19, everyone has been adjusting to daily life from home, including the youngest family members. Education is coming in the form of rapidly-developing technology that provides cybernetic classes and hangouts and...more
Businesses continuing to operate with shelter in place directives due to the COVID-19 pandemic may be contemplating adjusting their consumer and client outreach. Companies accustomed to interpersonal interactions may be...more
The #1 weakness of a business for cyber security can be users of that technology. From employees to management and those in the C-suite, anyone can fall victim to business email compromise (BEC). That was true when companies...more
In the face of billions of dollars of potential liability at trial, social media giant, Facebook, opted for the finality of a class-wide settlement—to the tune of $550 million—reached with Illinois users complaining of...more
2/4/2020
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Last year, the California legislature passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This law, which has privacy professionals buzzing, takes effect on January 1, 2020. Although it is a California law, do not discount the...more
In January 2019, we reported on the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision, Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corp., where the highest court in Illinois unanimously found that an individual need not allege (or show) an actual...more
8/13/2019
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If you are an insurance provider, you are already awash in regulatory quagmires. Now, you can add one more. In fact, if you don’t have a comprehensive data privacy and security plan in place, then you may not be in compliance...more
As reported last November, the Illinois Supreme Court has had in front of it perhaps the seminal case, Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corp., regarding Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Prior to...more
The following scenario may sound familiar. It’s a busy afternoon, and your operations manager gets a call from a driver. She’s stuck in the middle of a highway, and her truck died without warning. Naturally, there’s an...more
On May 25th, a monumental data-breach land shift will occur. As the U.S. kicks-off Memorial Day celebrations, residents of the European Union will enjoy the first days of enforcement of the EU’s General Data Protection...more
Unlike social security numbers or credit cards, you can’t change your retina or fingerprint. Perhaps for that simple reason, biometric data may be the new black in terms of security and employment procedures for companies of...more