Aman Rawat reports: Following a tussle between employees and employers regarding the linking of Aadhaar number with provident fund (PF) accounts, a group of technology and back end companies has turned to the government seeking help on the clarification of norms related to Aadhaar linking with PF accounts. In March 2018, a data breach through Employees’…
Category: Workplace
WA: Yakima School District drug screening records subject of lawsuit
Janelle Retka reports: The Yakima School District has filed a lawsuit in Yakima County Superior Court seeking permission to withhold confidential employee medical information in a public records request — some of which had already been released. The case, which involves drug screening paperwork for district employees and job applicants, raises questions about the state’s…
UK: Ex-Met detective loses court battle over payout for data breach
Diane Taylor reports: A former Metropolitan police detective who successfully sued the force for wrongly using its powers to investigate her has lost her eight-year court battle to hold the police to account. Andrea Brown said after a new ruling against her she might become homeless paying the police’s costs. “It can’t be right that the police…
Judge halts civil lawsuit filed by Rutgers surgeon accused of filming women in restrooms
Nick Muscavage reports: A federal court judge has issued a temporary stay on a civil lawsuit filed by a former Rutgers Cancer Institute surgeon charged with secretly recording women in the restrooms at his place of employment. Dr. James Goydos, a professor of surgery, was charged in a 160-count indictment in December with invasion of privacy, computer theft,…