The UK convenience store giant ‘Southern Co-op’ is facing the possibility of regulatory intervention and legal challenge following a complaint made by UK civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch (BBW) regarding the use of surveillance cameras in 35 Southern Co-op stores. Images of customers that a member of staff ‘reasonably expects’ to be committing ‘crime or disorder’ are captured and transformed into biometric data. The data of those ‘identified as an offender’ is then stored and checked against the database of facial recognition technology provider, ‘Facewatch.’
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Online Safety in Digital Markets Needs a Joined Up Approach with Competition Law in the UK
Federal Privacy Legislation Advances in House
SPB Partner Beth Goldstein also contributed to this post.
With the powerful Committee on Energy and Commerce having approved a comprehensive, bipartisan privacy bill by a vote of 53-2, the US House of Representatives is one step closer to approving historic privacy legislation after over a decade of debate. Before formally reporting the legislation to
SPB Senior Associate to Participate in Panel Presentation on Tsunami of BIPA Class Action Suits & Potential Impact of Recent Decisions on Employer Biometrics Practices at ABA Section of Labor & Employment Annual Conference
David J. Oberly will participate in the panel presentation Biometrics Are Back! (And So Are the Lawsuits) at the American Bar Association’s 16th Annual Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference, the Section’s signature event of the year, from November 9-12, 2022, in Washington D.C.
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Technology and employees’ increasingly broad access to
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Federal Court Dismisses Colonial Pipeline Cybersecurity Litigation
Federal Court Refuses to Dismiss Biometric Claims Brought by Trucker Against Facial
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FTC Emphasizes Commitment to Protection of Highly Sensitive Data
Federal and State Actions to Protect Robocall Invasion of Consumer
FTC Emphasizes Commitment to Protection of Highly Sensitive Data
Yesterday the Acting Associate Director of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Division of Privacy & Identity Protection posted a blog underscoring the agency’s “unprecedented” concerns to individuals’ personal privacy with connected devices. This announcement comes in the wake of an Executive Order from President Biden intended to address, among other issues, the potential threat to
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Online Webinar Now Available: Kristin Bryan and Kyle Fath Discuss AI and Biometrics Privacy Trends and Developments
Earlier this month CPW’s Kristin Bryan and Kyle Fath presented a webinar on “AI and Biometrics Privacy: Trends and Developments” with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (“IAPP”), the largest global community of privacy professionals. A recording of that webinar is available to all IAPP members and available (for CPE credit) here.
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NOW AVAILABLE CPW’s Kristin Bryan and Glenn Brown on The Fraudian Slip Podcast ITRC – What You Should Know About State Privacy Laws
CPW’s Kristin Bryan and Glenn Brown recently jointed James Lee, Chief Operating Officer of the Identity Theft Resource Center (“ITRC”) and Eva Velasquez, Chief Executive Officer of the ITRC to discuss recent developments in privacy laws and privacy litigation. Their podcast, which addresses recently enacted privacy laws, litigation trends, and what may be on the