Kenneth Terrell of the AARP reports: As many as 5,400 workers at Yale University were forced to either share their private medical information with their employer or pay an expensive fine, according to a class action lawsuit AARP Foundation filed today on their behalf. The lawsuit argues that by charging some employees $1,300 annually —…
Category: Workplace
CCPA Update – Maybe Employees Are “Consumers” After All – Employee PI is Still In Play
Jason C. Gavejian and Joseph J. Lazzarotti of Jackson Lewis write: Employers, you are not out of the CCPA woods yet. If you have been tracking the proposed amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), you know that businesses and stakeholders have been clamoring to shape the new sweeping law in a number of…
Tesla blocks access to anonymous workplace chat app Blind amid crackdown on employee leaks
Luke Christou reports: Tesla has begun blocking its employees from accessing anonymous workplace chat app Blind, according to its developers, in an apparent attempt to protect against employee leaks. Blind allows employees to discuss workplace matters anonymously with their colleagues and industry peers through public and private forums. Since launching in the United States in…
County in PA Faces up to $68 Million in Privacy Related Damages
Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian and Maya Atrakchi of JacksonLewis write: No industry or sector is immune to privacy or security issues. This week a jury in a district court in Pennsylvania awarded $1,000 to each of the 68,000 class members who claimed that Bucks County, a county just outside Philadelphia, and several other…