The Federal Trade Commission announced on January 11, 2021, that it had reached a settlement with Everalbum, Inc., the developer of a now-defunct photo storage app called “Ever.” The settlement is the FTC’s first enforcement action focused on facial recognition technology, and likely signals a new era of increased regulatory scrutiny for companies involved in facial recognition.

It’s a new year and it looks like 2021 is going to be another eventful one for privacy. In the past few weeks, we’ve seen several states introduce new privacy legislation, including Washington, New York, and Minnesota.

The passage of the California Privacy Rights Act more closely aligns the consumer privacy standards of one of the United States’ most economically important jurisdictions with those of the European Union.

Companies that do business in Portland, Oregon may need to add one more item to their holiday to-do list: disable face recognition technologies in Portland.

Internet of Things (IoT) devices have the potential to transform our home and work environment by integrating a growing range of “smart” wirelessly connected sensors into our daily lives.

Companies are increasingly developing biometric-enabled solutions, such as contactless entry and automated temperature and mask detection, to help employers safely return personnel to the office amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this two-part Insight series, James Snell, Marina Gatto, Zachary Watterson, Nathan Duletzke and Kayla Lindgren, of Perkins Cole LLP, provide an overview of the evolution of consumer privacy legislation in 2020, including a recap of the bills that failed, and an overview of the privacy-related bills that remain pending.

Hundreds of COVID-19-related class action claims have been filed in state and federal courts throughout the country.

This update provides some recent lessons learned with remote depositions that apply to both those who take and defend remote depositions.

Companies that deal with biometrics are likely aware of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), which regulates the collection, storage, and use of biometric data, including, for example, fingerprints, voiceprints, and scans of “face geometry.” 

This update was republished in The Journal of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law (September / October Edition).

This part one of a two-part report with the focus primarily on consumer protection implications. The report assesses the implications of data analytics, and new types of artificial intelligence, including machine learning and neural networks, on the law that drives our practices as consumer protection and competition lawyers. 

This webinar explores the legal landscape that governs biometric technologies and the latest biometric solutions to global challenges, such as COVID-19.

Amelia Gerlicher and Alexandria Bradshaw will explore trending attacks, review U.S. breach notification law, as well as share insight into recent legislative updates and the trends that continue to drive changes to state law.

Perkins Coie’s CCPA Week
Collecting, using, or storing biometric data presents a host of litigation risks. This webinar will provide an overview of the status of biometrics laws in the U.S., the protections that the CCPA provides to California residents and insight into best practices to reduce litigation risk.