On September 18, 2020, the Illinois Court of Appeals, First District, took another shot at reconciling some of the inconsistencies in the application of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) (740 ILCS 14/1 et seq. (West 2018)) to the workplace…. Continue Reading →
Illinois schools must comply with the Student Online Personal Protection Act by July 1, 2021. While many schools may not have been aware of this deadline or have been pushing compliance down the road, the coronavirus pandemic has put SOPPA… Continue Reading →
Recently, the Chicago Tribune reported on a data breach involving student data stored by Pearson Clinical Assessment that may have involved a number of students at Illinois schools. On September 5, 2019, the parent of a student at Indian Prairie… Continue Reading →
Over the last few years, we have seen a number of common themes and concepts run through privacy cases and legislation. We have seen plaintiffs struggle with surviving motions to dismiss because they failed to properly allege an injury. Likewise, we have… Continue Reading →
Data collectors have been struggling with the fact that they may be storing data that is subject to various local, state, and federal laws and regulations. Not to mention the fact that data collectors will soon need to also make sure… Continue Reading →
For years there has been a discussion over whether data breaches and cyber security can eventually be regulated by centralized laws rather than various state and federal laws and regulations. Even in October 2014, President Obama called upon Congress to… Continue Reading →
As we go into the holiday shopping season, many questions arise about whether “smart toys,” which store sensitive data regarding children, are secure from hackers. Children are high-valued targets for hackers because they have clean credit reports and their credit histories likely… Continue Reading →
On August 6, 2015, the Illinois Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Maglio v. Advocate Health and Hosp. Corp., dismissing the complaints filed in two class action lawsuits seeking damages related to a theft of Advocate Health’s computers containing information… Continue Reading →
We have previously reported on other states, including California and New Jersey, strengthening their data breach notification laws. Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan, is now proposing similar steps be taken in Illinois. In support of her attempt to modify the 2005 law, Madigan stated: “In… Continue Reading →
On January 21, 2015, Travelers Casualty and Surety of America (Travelers) sued Ignition Studio Inc. (Ignition) based on professional negligence and breach of contract claims in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Travelers filed the action based… Continue Reading →
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