biometric privacy News

Viewpoint: Court Rulings Reject Insurer Defenses to Biometric Liability

A series of recent decisions have established that commonly held Commercial General Liability (CGL) policies can and do cover lawsuits brought under Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). These rulings build on the decision in West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. …

BNSF Railway Wins New Trial over $228 Million Jury Award in Biometric Data Case

A U.S. judge on Friday ordered a new trial on damages against BNSF Railway in a privacy class action, in a ruling that wiped out an award of $228 million to truck drivers who accused the freight railway giant of …