Nicole Mormilo, Matthew Jedreski, K.C. Halm, and Jeffrey S. Bosley of Davis Wright Tremaine write: On January 1, 2020, Illinois’ new Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act (AIVIA) went into effect, meaning Illinois employers must now comply with the law if they use artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze video interviews by job candidates. As we outlined in a prior…
Category: Workplace
AU: Fair Work to rule in worker privacy case involving swipe-in app
David Marin-Guzman reports: The construction union is defending a novel workplace privacy case to fight employers allowing the sharing of workers’ personal information for marketing purposes. Builder Watpac has called on the Fair Work Commission to arbitrate a dispute with the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union after a union safety delegate and a…
Oregon Allows Suit Over Secret GPS Snooping Device On Car
TheNewspaper.com reports: An Oregon motorist can sue over the GPS tracking device that was installed on his automobile without his knowledge. Erik Loyal Reed was the Lake Oswego regional sales manager for the Toyota Motor Credit Corporation when he was given a company vehicle, a Toyota Tundra pickup, to drive. After he left the company…
This is reportedly a “first” for Australia: Privacy class action against NSW government approved
Kelly Dickson and Paul Kirton of Macpherson Kelley write: Heralded a “win for the little, the ordinary people” and a “lesson to all businesses”, Australia’s first privacy class action settlement has been approved by the NSW Supreme Court. Professor George Newhouse, who led the class action against the NSW Government with client Tracy Evans, was…