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The Court Just Gutted America's Strongest Biometric Privacy Law - State of Surveillance

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The Seventh Circuit ruled BIPA's 2024 damages cap applies retroactively, slashing per-scan penalties to one payment per person. Hundreds of pending lawsuits just lost their teeth.
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The Court Just Gutted America's Strongest Biometric Privacy Law - State of Surveillance

The Seventh Circuit ruled BIPA's 2024 damages cap applies retroactively, slashing per-scan penalties to one payment per person. Hundreds of pending lawsuits just lost their teeth.

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stateofsurveillance.org broke the news on Monday, May 11, 2026.
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