Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian, and Maya Atrakchi of JacksonLewis write: Facial recognition technology has become increasingly popular in recent years in the employment and consumer space (e.g. employee access, passport check-in systems, payments on smartphones), and in particular during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the need arose to screen persons entering a facility for…
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Covid 19: Italy’s Privacy Guarantor “warns” the Sicily Region
The Guarantor for the protection of personal data has warned the Region of Sicily and all the subjects involved (provincial health companies, employers, competent doctors) that the processing of personal data carried out in implementation of the ordinance n. 75 of 7 July 2021 of the President of the Sicily Region, in the absence of corrective…
Can Employers Require Employees To Get Vaccinated? Plus, Answers To Other Legal Questions As We Return To The Office
Worth reports: As many companies begin to reopen offices and bring employees back in, many are requiring that employees be fully vaccinated. But can companies actually require that of their employees from a legal standpoint? And what legal pitfalls do employers need to be aware of while navigating this tumultuous time? Worth sat down with Domenique Camacho…
Lithuanian DPA: Fine Imposed on a Sports Club for Infringements of the GDPR in Processing of Fingerprints of the Customers and Employees
The State Data Protection Inspectorate (SDPI) has carried out an investigation into processing of biometric personal data in a sports club and imposed a fine in the amount of EUR 20,000 on VS FITNESS UAB for the identified infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The fine was imposed for infringements of the provisions…