DutchNews.nl reports: The two main Dutch employers organisations VNO-NCW and MKB-Nederland have called for changes to the privacy laws to allow companies working with chemicals and radioactive products to test staff for drink and drugs. They say employers in sectors where public safety is an issue should be able to test staff. ‘What if a…
Category: Workplace
Is Employee Consent Under the GDPR Possible?
Joseph J. Lazzarotti and Maya Atrakchi write: The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is fast approaching and U.S. organizations that control or process personal data of EU residents are likely subject to these new data protection requirements. Now is the time for U.S. employers to determine whether they are covered by the GDPR (see our…
Case Note 276280 [2018] NZPriv Cmr 2: Staff told of employee sacked for drug use
The New Zealand Privacy Commissioner’s office investigated a complaint stemming from an employer notifying all employees as to the reasons for the departure of a fellow employee. While the company routinely notified employees of changes in staff, this departure was related to the employee’s drug use. Did it violate NZ’s privacy law by revealing personal…
French man who kept porn on work computer loses privacy appeal
Kevin Rawlinson reports: A man who kept a stash of pornography on his work computer has failed to convince judges his right to a private life was infringed when his employer opened the personal files containing the material without his knowledge. Eric Libert was fired by the French national rail operator SNCF in 2008 after…