The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has released comprehensive new guidance for the use of biometric technologies, setting out strict expectations and best practices for both public […]

New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner has finalized a new Biometric Processing Privacy Code that will take effect on November 3, 2025. The regulation introduces strict requirements for how biometric data – […]

An Illinois federal district court has ruled that the August 2024 amendment to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), which imposes limits on recoverable damages, cannot be applied retroactively […]

A federal judge has refused to dismiss Eskridge v. HMD Trucking Inc., No. 1:24-cv-12437 (N.D. Ill.), allowing the proposed class action to proceed against the Illinois-based carrier over its use […]

Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor of Law and Technology at Leiden University, has been appointed Co-Rapporteur for the American Law Institute (ALI) and European Law Institute (ELI)’s new joint initiative, “Principles […]

The Ada Lovelace Institute has released a new report warning that the UK’s regulatory framework for biometric surveillance is fragmented, outdated, and ill-equipped to protect public rights. The report, titled […]

A federal court in Illinois has granted final approval to a $50 million class action settlement in a major biometric privacy case against facial recognition company Clearview AI. The case, […]

The Philippine National Privacy Commission (NPC) has launched a nationwide public consultation process to inform forthcoming guidelines on biometric data processing, marking a key move to strengthen privacy protections amid […]

The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) has launched a public consultation to examine the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the criminal justice system, marking the first comprehensive initiative of […]

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