Retail TouchPoints Publishes Knopp, Derrick Article on Biometric Data Legal Risks

June 5, 2019

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“Minimizing Legal Risks For Retailers That Use Biometric Data,” an article by Akin Gump retail industry group co-chair Gregory Knopp and labor and employment associate Geoffrey Derrick discusses legal and compliance challenges raised by retailers’ use of biometric data in certain jurisdictions, such as at the state level in the U.S. and under the General Data Protection Regulation in the European Union.

The article notes that “retailers contemplating the use of technology that involves fingerprinting, facial recognition, voice prints and eye scans, for example, must be mindful of the [legal] landscape and the patchwork of state laws that govern biometric data privacy” and goes on to discuss Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“the most robust law governing biometric data”) and other statutes, as well as practical steps retailers can take, such as conducting substantial diligence with respect to third-party vendors and addressing biometric data in written incident response plans for data breaches.

To read the article in its entirety, please click here.

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