A customer drives into a shopping center, parks, and leaves. Along the way, a camera captures the vehicle’s license plate. For the business, the system may serve a routine security or parking function. For plaintiffs’ lawyers, it may supply the foundation of the next privacy class action.
Litigation over automated license plate recognition (ALPR) is gaining momentum in California, where plaintiffs are challenging how businesses disclose and manage the plate data they collect. The developing cases matter to retailers, commercial property owners, parking operators, and hospitality businesses, including those headquartered elsewhere that operate California locations.
Colorado became the third state to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation when Gov. Jared Polis signed the 
The days of only seeing biometric techniques in spy films are well behind us. A simple thumbprint can open a phone. Systems like Alexa can recognize your voice and play your favorite music. Some banks even allow customers to make payments by using voice command and fingerprint recognition.
Many relief programs have been implemented over the past year in response to COVID-19, and keeping up with the changing requirements for these programs can be daunting. A new twist in the requirements is the mandate for implementation of privacy requirements under the Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Here are some details about the Emergency Rental
Aspiring college students spend enormous amounts of time trying to unlock the magic formula that leads to those magic words: Congratulations, you’ve been accepted! But, for many students, the focus on admissions does not stop once they matriculate.
Has it been a year already? Many businesses diligently made sure they did their best to hit the moving CCPA target as they welcomed 2020 and the effective date of the statute last year. A year ago, all we had were draft regulations and a statute, and businesses had to do their best to comply.