Dixon Hayes reports: A retired Gadsden police captain is suing the city’s government, saying someone hacked into her personal email account. Former Captain Regina May filed the suit in the Northern District of federal court on Monday. She retired in November 2014 after 25 years of service. At one time she was the Gadsden Police Department’s…
Category: Workplace
AU: Two strikes and your anonymity is out?
AAP reports: The AFL [Australian Football League] has confirmed a stricter illicit drugs policy under which a player’s identity will become public after a second positive test. Previously, the player’s identity was kept anonymous until a third strike. Read more on The Age.
Hong Kong: collection of fingerprint data from employee for security purposes deemed unnecessary and excessive
Elizabeth Cole of Jones Day writes: In an investigation report dated July 21, 2015, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (“PCPD”) upheld a complaint by a former employee of Queenix (Asia) Limited (“Queenix”) that the collection of her fingerprint data for the purposes of accessing Queenix’s offices and monitoring employee attendance was…
Resource: Workplace data privacy in the Americas – At a glance
Elizabeth Rodriguez of Ford Harrison writes: As multinational employers are aware, data privacy laws can vary greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Ensuring compliance with the different requirements can be challenging, and the penalties for noncompliance can be severe. FordHarrison has joined with Ius Laboris member firms to produce Data Privacy in the Americas, a summary…