Welcome to the third issue of Decoded for 2023.
We hope you enjoy this issue and, as always, thank you for reading.
Nicholas P. Mooney II, Co-Editor of Decoded, Chair of Spilman’s Technology Practice Group, and Co-Chair of the Cybersecurity & Data Protection Practice Group
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Alexander L. Turner, Co-Editor of Decoded and Co-Chair of the Cybersecurity & Data Protection Practice Group
Amazon Sued for Not Telling New York Store Customers about Tracking Biometrics
“Thanks to a 2021 law, New York is the only major American city to require businesses to post signs letting customers know they’re tracking biometric information.”
Why this is important: Biometric identifiers are unique to every individual. They include your fingerprints, facial structure, and even how you walk. In recent editions of Decoded, we have discussed in depth the Illinois Biometric Information Protection Act (“BIPA”), and the biometric protection bills currently working their ways through the legislatures in Maryland and Mississippi. We now turn to two unique biometric laws that were passed by the New York City Council in 2021 that regulate the collection of customers and renters’…
