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…
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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…
NZ: Woman awarded $3k in damages after bad job reference ‘breached privacy’
Harrison Christian reports: A childcare centre must pay a former employee $3000 in damages for breaching her privacy by giving her a bad job reference which saw her miss out on a job. The Human Rights Review Tribunal ordered Katui Early Childhood Learning Centre in Northland to pay Dana Gin-Cowan $3000 for humiliation, loss of dignity and injury…