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Along with changes brought by the CCPA, companies should be aware of other important privacy developments that went into effect in early 2020.  Notable changes to data breach notification laws in California, Illinois, Oregon, and Texas promise to have a significant impact on businesses experiencing security incidents and signal a movement towards stricter and more demanding requirements in this space.    California Amends Definition of Personal Information for Breach Notification         The definition of personal information…

Companies that operate in Illinois should take notice of the flurry of litigation that has arisen under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), 740 ILCS 14/1, et seq. The State of Illinois promulgated the BIPA in 2008 amid the public’s growing concerns relating to companies’ collection of biometric data for business and security purposes. The General Assembly cited “finger-scan technologies at grocery stores, gas stations, and school cafeterias” as an example of the biometric data…