In the latest in a series of setbacks for employers facing claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, the Supreme Court of Illinois held last month that the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act does not preempt BIPA claims for statutory damages brought by employees. The decision in McDonald v. Symphony Bronzeville Park, LLC, et al.

Companies doing business in the United States should start preparing for the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, which was signed into law on March 24, 2022, and will go into effect on December 31, 2023. The law is more business-friendly than existing omnibus state privacy laws, in that it generally provides fewer consumer rights and company obligations.

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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on vulnerabilities that threaten the security and integrity of the Border Gateway Protocol, which is central to the internet's global routing system. The BGP's design is widely deployed and lacks security features to ensure trust in the information being exchanged.

The FCC has unanimously adopted an order to revoke China Unicom Americas' section 214 authorizations. This action follows the FCC order in October 2021 to revoke China Telecom Americas' authorizations.

Businesses that allow customers to sign up for automatically renewing subscriptions must comply with a patchwork of state and federal regulations that apply to such subscriptions. The Federal Trade Commission recently issued an Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Negative Option Marketing that addresses recurring subscription programs.