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,…
Category: Workplace
Cybersecurity Australia ruled that employees can refuse to provide biometric data to employers
Al Restar reports: The Australian court ruled that employees are allowed to refuse to provide biometric data to their employees. The ruling follows the lawsuit filed by Jeremy Lee getting fired from his previous job due to his refusal of providing his fingerprint samples for the company’s newly installed fingerprint login system. Jeremy Lee from…
KY: Grievance filed at Metro Corrections after medical records made public
Senait Gebregiorgis reports: A grievance accuses c of violating more than 100 employees’ privacy and security of medical records. The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #77 filed the grievance Thursday requesting hundreds of dollars for each affected member. F.O.P. President Tracy Dotson said the interim major sent a department-wide email on Tuesday. According to Dotson,…
Hellenic Data Protection Authority fines Price Waterhouse Coopers 150K for employees’ data breach
The Hellenic Data Protection Authority imposed a 150,000 euros fine on Price Waterhouse Coopers Business SA (PWC BS) for the illegal processing of personal data of its employees, was reported on Tuesday, as per the general regulation for data protection. Read more on amna.gr A copy of the full decision (in English) appears below: