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…
Category: Workplace
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…
AU: Job applicants forced to give blood tests, waive privacy rights to work on Shell’s QGC project
George Roberts reports: A company working on the Shell-owned Queensland Gas Corporation (QGC) project has told job applicants they will not be accepted until they submit to blood tests to check if they are at risk of heart attack, high cholesterol and other conditions. The recruitment subcontractor, SNC Lavalin, has made potential employees sign a…