In a major change to a law that produced extraordinarily high damages claims and settlements, the Illinois General Assembly amended the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) to substantially reduce potential liability for defendants. SB 2979, which was signed into law by Governor J.B. Pritzker on August 2, 2024, and is effective immediately, provides that a private entity that collects or discloses "the same biometric identifier or biometric information from the same person using the same...
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