Illinois relaxes biometric privacy law so snafus won't cost businesses billions

The US state of Illinois has reduced penalties for breaches of its tough Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The first version of BIPA, which came into force in 2008, prohibited orgs doing business in Illinois from acquiring, using, storing, and sharing people's biometric data – think retina scans, face scans, …

[DS999]

When you elect a billionaire as governor

You should expect he will do things that benefit other billionaires, and the big businesses they hold major stakes in.

Same as if you elect a billionaire as president.

[trindflo]

costly barriers in the way of reaping these benefits

costly barriers in the way of reaping these benefits raping these users.

FTFY.

[Pascal Monett]

Congrats, money wins again

But people still can't replace their faces or their fingertips when those biometrics go wrong.

I am now at the stage of seriously hoping that one of those biometric databases gets hacked and sold on the dark web so that politicians can no longer avoid dealing with the consequences of individual privacy.

[jvf]

unnecessary BS

As of this date, I'm 77 years old. The society I grew up in had no cell phones, no computers, no biometrics, not much TV and thankfully, no facebork et al. Everything worked just fine and businesses prospered. So, WTF is all this shit now?

Granted, computers (when used properly) were a great boon. In fact, I installed the first computer system in the company I worked for (DEC). But, large percentages of this "newfangled" crap are prime examples of "just because you CAN do it doesn't mean you SHOULD do it."

It'll be hard to convince me that 99% of these businesses actually NEED biometrics. So, if they f up fine the shit out of them.