5 Things You Need to Know About Your Biometric Data

Sun, 27 Jan 2019 09:00:00 +0400

A landmark ruling in the Illinois Supreme Court last Friday morning, 25th January 2019, gave voice to the parents of a 14 year old boy, whose fingerprints were taken in the Six Flags theme park without informed consent. The judge in the case upheld that the plaintiff’s rights were breached as per Illinois state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).

The ruling is a sign that the application of new laws governing the use of technology by corporate giants is coming into force and that the rights of private citizens are being recognised. Coupled with the EUs GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations), CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) and many more localised regulations to come, we are starting to see a real push back against our data being mis-used or held without informed consent.

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5 Things You Need to Know About Your Biometric Data