In this month’s edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the Seventh Circuit’s ruling finding standing for an Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act claim, the European Data Protection Board’s updated guidance on consent under the GDPR, cyber insurance considerations for companies during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Trump administration’s executive order prohibiting the acquisition and installation of “bulk-power system electric equipment” from foreign adversaries.

Seventh Circuit Finds Standing for Illinois BIPA Claimant

European Data Protection Board Adopts Updated Guidelines on Consent Under the GDPR

COVID-19 Pandemic Brings Added Attention to Cyber Insurance

Trump Administration Issues Executive Order Prohibiting Acquisition and Installation Power System Electric Equipment From Foreign Adversaries

Seventh Circuit Finds Standing for Illinois BIPA Claimant

On May 5, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held in Bryant v. Compass Group USA, Inc. that an Illinois plaintiff had sufficient standing to sue in federal court for an alleged violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), even though she did not…

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