Litigation After Biometric Privacy Law Violations
Better understand the state of biometric privacy litigation, the regulatory landscape, and insurance coverage considerations and rulings.
Systems using biometric information to enhance security and authentication processes are being deployed throughout the world. Biometric technology can provide more robust, advanced security, but it carries an increased risk.
If compromised, biometric data can be used to steal identities, hack systems, and commit myriad privacy violations. Legislatures throughout the U.S. are enacting statutes that require companies that collect this information to protect it as well.
In this webinar, the speakers will discuss the state of biometric privacy litigation, the regulatory landscape, and insurance coverage considerations and rulings.
You will learn about:
- What is meant by biometrics, its positive and negative aspects, and requirements for collecting biometric information
- Understanding BIPA (Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act), including compliance requirements
- Exploring biometric legislation in other states
- Potential insurance coverage areas to consider and key takeaways
- A look at legal cases which favor coverage for BIPA claims
- Liability insurance for employment practices
- D&O and cyber policies and potential coverage for biometric violations
- Exclusions to be aware of, including cyber exclusions to consider in privacy context
- Recent court decisions and litigation, including recent decisions challenging coverage and additional coverage concerns
- How biometric privacy issues can inform the future of AI claims and coverage
- How companies can protect themselves given the recent court decisions and legislation that are leading to increased risk and liability
- What policyholders can do to ensure they maintain coverage for losses arising from biometric liability
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Speakers
Cort T. Malone is a shareholder in Anderson Kill’s New York and Stamford offices and is the Chair of the firm’s Biometric Liability Insurance Recovery Group. Cort is an experienced litigator, focusing on insurance coverage litigation and dispute resolution, with an emphasis on commercial general liability insurance, cyber insurance, employment practices liability insurance, advertising injury insurance, directors and officers insurance, and property insurance issues. He is also a member of the firm’s Restaurant, Retail & Hospitality, Environmental Law, Cyber Insurance Recovery, and COVID Task Force groups. Malone earned his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.
John Leonard is a shareholder in Anderson Kill’s New York, NY office. He is Co-Chair of Anderson Kill’s Financial Services Group and Biometric Liability Practice Group. As a policyholder attorney, John has experience obtaining coverage under insurance policies relating to directors and officers liability, business interruption, general liability, environmental liability, health benefits, property damage, asbestos products, and crime losses. He has represented financial service providers, railroads, hospitals, hospitality organizations, consulting firms, municipalities, manufacturers, and retailers. He earned his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.