Ipa Violations News Today

February 2023 was momentous for Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act BIPA. Two weeks after imposing a 5-year time limit for all BIPA claims, Illinois Supreme Court determined BIPA claim accrues every time company scans, transmits biometric identifers without consent.

Illinois Supreme Court dealt two significant blows to would be defendants under Illinois Biometric Information Protection Act BIPA. The two rulings, addressing counting claim accruals and the statute of limitations, increase potential damages by several orders of magnitude.

Illinois Supreme Court issued another decision interpreting Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act BIPA, holding separate BIPA violation occurs with each undisclosed and unconsented-to scan or transmission of an individual’s biometric identifier or information.