Case note 312002 [2021] NZPrivCmr 2: Employer carries out belated criminal background check on employee A caregiver applied for a role at a care home. As part of the application process, they filled out a form consenting for management to carry out a Police background check on them. Unbeknown to the caregiver, no check was…
Category: Workplace
US: Cyber Risk: Facing Off Against Employee Monitoring Requirements
Carol A.F. Umhoefer and Alaa Salaheldin of DLA Piper write: Global companies face increased pressure to adopt strong cyber risk mitigation measures in today’s rapidly evolving cyber threat-heavy business environment. According to security company PurpleSec LLC, in 2020 alone, cybercrime is reported to have increased by up to 600% as a result of new incentives…
Uber, Lyft to share data on drivers banned for sexual, physical assault
One of the things that has always been an issue is that sex offenders may move from job to job without former employers ever being able to warn others due to privacy laws that protect employees’ privacy. So it was a bit of a pleasant surprise to read that Uber and Lyft will share data…
Maryland Joins New York with a BIPA-like Biometric Privacy Bill
Joseph Lazzarotti writes: On January 13, House Delegate Sara Love Introduced the “Biometric Identifiers and Biometric Information Privacy Act” (the “Act”) substantially modeled after the Biometric Information Privacy Act in Illinois, 740 ILCS 14 et seq. (the “BIPA”). Enacted in 2008, the Illinois BIPA only recently triggered an avalanche of class actions in Illinois, spurring other legislative…