{"id":2248443,"date":"2024-05-20T08:23:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T12:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revisions-to-illinois-biometric-privacy-law-pass-the-legislature\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T08:26:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T12:26:11","slug":"revisions-to-illinois-biometric-privacy-law-pass-the-legislature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revisions-to-illinois-biometric-privacy-law-pass-the-legislature\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Legislature Approves Updates to Biometric Privacy Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frevisions-to-illinois-biometric-privacy-law-pass-the-legislature%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2248443&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Illinois legislature has made changes to the Biometric \u200dInformation Privacy Act (BIPA),\u2064 facing criticism for not going far enough. Companies \u2063breaching BIPA by \u2063collecting \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-taylor-greene-dems-police-reform-bill-attacks-law-enforcement\/\" title=\"Rep. Taylor Greene: Dems\u2019 police reform bill attacks law enforcement\">biometric data<\/a> without consent can be fined. White \u2063Castle&#8217;s\u200d case, involving a $17 billion potential liability, highlights the stakes. Facebook \u2064settled \u200ca lawsuit \u2062for $650 million\u200b over facial tagging, while Google faced similar \u200dlegal challenges.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 The Illinois legislature has approved changes to the state\u2019s strict Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), but some say they didn\u2019t go far enough.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, a company that violates BIPA\u2019s protections is subject to damages for each instance of the collection of an individual\u2019s biometric data without a person\u2019s consent.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-la-prosecutors-say-soros-backed-da-gascon-demoted-them-for-publicly-criticizing-him\/\" title=\"Senior LA Prosecutors Say Soros-Backed DA Gasc\u00f3n Demoted Them for Publicly Criticizing Him\">highest profile case<\/a> was against White Castle and its use of fingerprint time clocks. The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the company could be liable for $17 billion in damages. A federal judge preliminarily approved a $9.4 million settlement in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Other companies that were slapped with lawsuits included Facebook, which settled for $650 million over its facial tagging feature, and Google, which settled a case involving a feature with Google Photos for $100 million.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment to Senate Bill 2979 approved in the General Assembly switches a BIPA violation from a per-scan to a per-person penalty. Another change would allow companies to obtain consent electronically, and no longer require them to get written consent for the collection of biometric data.<\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid, D-Bridgeview, said Illinoisans biometric data will still be protected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it adds much needed clarity that helps small businesses operate in a more predictable regulatory environment,\u201d said Rashid. \u201cI know that many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-to-partially-reopen-indoor-dining-in-nyc-for-valentines-day-if-positivity-rates-hold\/\" title=\"Cuomo To Partially Reopen Indoor Dining In NYC For Valentine\u2019s Day, \u2018If Positivity Rates Hold\u2019\">small business owners<\/a> will be relieved to see this measure pass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following months of urging lawmakers to fix the flawed bill and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hope-as-a-christian-kenosha-pastor-wants-rittenhouse-convicted\/\" title=\"\u2018Hope As A Christian\u2019: Kenosha Pastor Wants Rittenhouse Convicted\">protect small businesses<\/a> from annihilative lawsuits, the Technology and Manufacturing Association (TMA) is now calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to sign the bill into law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of the small and midsize manufacturers who have been impacted by BIPA are second and third generation manufacturers who don\u2019t have the legal department and have been subject to annihilative lawsuits that made many get to a point where they had to consider closing their doors, but this new law fixes that from continuing to happen,\u201d said TMA lobbyist David Curtin.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some House Republicans said the bill doesn\u2019t go far enough and should apply retroactively to help some of the businesses that have been hit with massive fines. State Rep. Dan Ugaste, R-Geneva, said he wants his biometric data protected as much as the next person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I also don\u2019t believe a company should be penalized when no actual harm has been done and they\u2019ve taken steps to remedy things and we\u2019re allowing the lawsuits because of a simple mistake,\u201d said Ugaste.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois legislature has passed revisions to the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Some critics argue that the changes are not comprehensive. 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