Tuesday, February 2, 2021
This may be the year when limitation of biometric capture goes national. Right now, company’s using biometrics are driven by one state law, but others could soon join.
As limits on biometrics cascade forth from Illinois in private cases based on the state’s Biometric Information Protection Act (BIPA), other state legislatures have decided to place limits on capture and use of biometric information. The private right of action and statutory damages offered by BIPA have made Illinois the experimental lab where U.S. companies learn what counts as a biometric program and what their limits on that program may be. Illinois may soon have company.