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The Illinois Legislature approved a Senate Bill limiting the extent of potential civil penalties awarded under the Biometric Information Privacy Act and two United States Senators asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate major automakers’ sharing of geolocation data in response to law enforcement requests. In our latest Biometric Privacy Insider post, we share two items from our latest BR Privacy & Security Download newsletter. Read here: bit.ly/4aYQ5C8 #BIPA #BiometricInformationPrivacyAct #biometricprivacy #dataprivacy

On August 2nd, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law amendments to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, limiting the scope of potential damages under this statute. Read more about its implications for employers and businesses in our new Client Alert (linked in the comments). #TuckerEllis #BIPA

Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (POLA) was passed by the Australian Parliament yesterday to amend the Privacy Act 1988. Related to #dataprotection it includes: - Statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy - New tiered penalty system for privacy breaches - Enhanced powers for the regulator to investigate and enforce - Streamlined information sharing in data breach situations - Clear guidelines on technical and organisational security measures - Adequacy assessments for overseas data transfers - Criminal offences for doxing

After criticism and opposition, now the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) is facing delays. 📜🔍 Read the full discussion on APRA's status and implications below: https://hubs.li/Q02FNrzv0 #APRA #US #dataprivacy #regulations #dataprotection #usprivacylaws #privacynewsbites

Regulators in states without omnibus state privacy laws, like New York, are staking their claim over privacy regulation and enforcement, as the New York State Attorney General (NY AG) published its guidance. #TeamSPB explore the NY AG investigation, and report on findings and regulations, in the latest Privacy World blog here ➡️ https://ow.ly/RkJg50SR3CJ #PrivacyRegulation | #PrivacyCompliance | #NYPrivacy

Consumer awareness of and media attention to individual data privacy rights are driving a notable rise in regulatory enforcement and litigation alleging violations of state and federal data privacy laws. Learn more from our author, Jason Priebe, about what our Privacy group predicts in Seyfarth’s Commercial Litigation Outlook for 2024. #Litigation #TeamSeyfarth https://ow.ly/b5mj50QZ0Vj

As data breach cases proceed through the courts and administrative tribunals, we learn more about the way in which representative complaints under the Australian Privacy Act must be addressed, and how that complaints regime interacts with the approach of the Federal Court of Australia in consumer class actions. I've published a note on this topic here: https://lnkd.in/e5CDPuMM

Today the Attorney General tabled the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024, as a first tranche of the government’s long awaited reforms to Australia's privacy regime. It includes the first of several important amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (with others anticipated in the coming months); introduces a statutory tort of privacy for individuals who have suffered a serious invasion of privacy; and amends the Criminal Code Act 1995 to criminalise doxxing. In this article, Helios' Privacy Director David Tulacz, Legal Partner Sophie Bradshaw and strategic partner Nicole Stephensen of Ground Up Privacy discuss one of the reforms tabled today: a requirement to apply technical and organisational controls to secure personal information in accordance with Australian Privacy Principle 11, and how following the privacy #RuleOfThumb can help. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gScqQiye

After years of anticipation, a privacy reform Bill has been introduced to parliament. If enacted, the Bill will implement significant changes, with broader enforcement rights for the OAIC and a new statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy that may result in more private litigation. However, more substantive changes will have to wait for a later date, with the Government indicating that it will continue to work on a further tranche of reforms. Our Privacy experts have summarised the changes, what the path forwards might look like and what businesses need to plan for in the future. https://ow.ly/IXYL50TlG53

Takeaways on the privacy reform Bill introduced into parliament today - there are significant changes, including broader enforcement powers for the OAIC and a new statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy. But what is perhaps more significant is what has been left out at this stage of the reforms - which will have to wait for a future tranche of legislation, following further consultation with industry and other stakeholders. Hot off the press! You can read KWM's take on the Bill here: https://lnkd.in/gZSXemKA With thanks to our amazing privacy and data team including Michael Swinson, Cheng Lim, Patrick Gunning, Kirsten Bowe, Peta Stevenson and all the others!