With news of yet another breach of personnel data of nearly 21 million Americans yesterday, I invited my colleague William Roberts, to chime in with an update on a new law in Connecticut that updates data privacy requirements in the state. Bill heads up our Privacy and Data Protection team here and works a
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The “Number Two” Reason on How to Avoid GINA Liability
My colleague, Marc Herman, returns today to talk about a subject that doesn’t get a lot of attention but may as the technology makes genetic information more accessible. But just because it’s more accessible, doesn’t make it right. Particularly if you suspect something “smelly” in your workplace.
BREAKING: Legislature Passes Measure Limiting Employer Access to “Personal Online Accounts”
Well, no one who has been reading this blog should be surprised by the news tonight out of the General Assembly.
Indeed, I’ve written about proposed bills that limit employer access to employee’s personal online account for years now with a lot back in 2013. (See prior posts here, here, here…
Expanded Data Breach Duties for Unionized Companies
Company data breaches are becoming far too common. Today, my colleague Jarad Lucan talks about the steps company’s need to take, both pre and post-breach. If your company has a unionized workforce, you may need to adhere to additional duties.
As we have reported in the past (the very recent past), it seems like there…
The Surprising Answer on Whether Employees Can Record Your Workplace Conversation
On Friday, I talked to over 150 attendees of our Labor & Employment seminar about workplace surveillance and monitoring.
Some of the discussion focused on whether employers can do the recording; but what about employees?
This…
Guest Post: When “Disruptive” Technology Hits Your Workplace, What Then?
Today, I’m pleased to highlight a guest post from Steven Scheinberg, the General Counsel of the Anti-Defamation League. I’ve known Steven for several years and was very happy when he offered to share his thoughts on this important topic. Steve actually practiced at a prominent plaintiff’s employment law firm in Connecticut many years ago…
Four Things To Do Now BEFORE An Employee Data Breach
With the headlines coming out seemingly daily about data breaches at companies, there’s a tendency to feel a bit overwhelmed with the problem.
And while a data breach regarding your employees is something that may not be as imminent as one involving…
Employees Can Break Data Privacy Rules Too
When we think about protecting customer and employee data, we often think that the biggest hazards are outside hackers.
But a recently publicized incident involving AT&T shows that the threats may also be from within. As The New York Times reported:
“[I]t serves as a cautionary tale about the types of information that employees at
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Data Privacy: Protecting Your Employees’ Data Is Critical
Last month, I wrote about the Home Depot credit card data breach and the importance of protecting company data. But the issue of protecting employee data is far from new.
Back in 2011, one legal publication had this to say about employee data:
Employers collect a substantial amount of personal information about their employees. Companies
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56 Million Reasons Why Your HR Department Needs Better Data Security
Okay, okay. I realize the headline is a bit misleading. But it isn’t every day that you hear about a data breach at Home Depot in which 56 MILLION credit cards may have been hacked. To put that into perspective, that’s 16…