Beware Broader Insurance Coverage Exclusions for Biometric Information Privacy Law Claims
(The National Law Review, Feb 19, 2025)
It has been nearly two decades since Illinois introduced the first biometric information privacy law in the country in 2008, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). Since then, litigation relating to biometric information privacy laws has mushroomed, and the insurance industry has responded with increasingly broad exclusions for claims stemming from the litigation. A recent Illinois Appellate Court decision in Ohio Security Ins. Co. and the Ohio Cas. Ins. Co. v. Wexford Home Corp., 2024 IL App (1st) 232311-U, demonstrates this ongoing evolution.
AI Researcher Joy Buolamwini Discusses Bias in Facial Recognition Technologies at Duke Event
(The Chronicle, Feb 19, 2025)
Buolamwini shared insights from her book “Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in A World of Machines,” which chronicles her career uncovering racial and gender bias in popular AI FRTs, beginning as a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She also spoke about her advocacy work through the Algorithmic Justice League, an organization she founded to raise awareness about the impacts of AI’s harms and biases.
St. Petersburg to Introduce Ethnicity Recognition Software in CCTV Cameras
(The Moscow Times, Feb 20, 2025)
Russia’s presidential Human Rights Council chief, Valery Fadeyev, told Kommersant that he views plans to roll out ethnicity recognition cameras in St. Petersburg as “degrading to human dignity.”
Georgia’s Surveillance Cameras Under Scrutiny Amid Anti-Government Protests
(Biometric Update, Feb 20, 2025)
According to former Georgian State Inspector Londa Toloraia, the disorganization among state agencies over surveillance cameras has been deliberate. The Georgian police have allegedly accessed surveillance footage from private businesses unlawfully.
Local Biometric Hardware in the Spotlight for Sri Lankan Digital ID
(Identify Week, Feb 19, 2025)
Local companies supplying biometric products could be tendered for digital identity solutions. Moveover, the government wants to explore all revolutionary technology transforming economies and the global status of countries seen to be embracing digitalisation for citizens and businesses.
