BIPA

3 articles on BIPA — privacy laws, security frameworks, and regulatory compliance.

Aug 22, 2026

Erie County Banned Commercial Biometrics and Nobody Noticed: The First New York County BIPA-Style Law and the Rise of Sub-State Privacy Regulation

Local Law No. 1-2026 has been in force since 5 June 2026. It prohibits commercial establishments in Erie County, New York from collecting, storing, re...

May 27, 2026

NYC Health + Hospitals Biometric Breach: HIPAA, BIPA, and the Irreversibility Problem

NYC Health + Hospitals confirmed a breach affecting 1.8 million individuals — including fingerprints and palm prints — originating through a third-par...

Apr 22, 2026

Three Million Photos, No Fine: What the FTC's OkCupid-Clarifai Settlement Tells Us About AI Training Data Enforcement

In 2014, OkCupid secretly shared three million user photos and location data with facial recognition AI company Clarifai — whose founders OkCupid exec...