Maximilian Baur of of McDermott Will & Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP writes: The German Federal Labor Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht (BAG)) has published the reasons for its two decisions about whether an employee can revoke consent given to his or her employer for public use of the employee’s image in photos, videos or other marketing materials (BAG…
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EASA in Consultations over Medical Privacy Policy
Caroline Bruneau reports: The European Aviation Safety Agency has begun to consider new recommendations related to medical privacy in response to the suicide flight of Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz, EASA chief Patrick Ky revealed during a recent press breakfast organized in Paris by French aviation journalists association AJPAE. Ky revealed the agency has consulted with psychiatrists as part…
EEOC Decides Anonymity Policy Went a Little Too Far
FEDweek reports: The EEOC has revised a policy aimed at protecting the privacy of federal employees who bring complaints of workplace bias and other violations under that agency’s authority, saying its solution made it difficult to use its decisions. The EEOC in 2013 stopped using the complaining employee’s real name in the captions of its…
UAE: Officials cleared of privacy breach face fresh court action
Haneen Dijani reports from Abu Dhabi: Three government workers who were cleared of breaching female employees’ privacy will appear in court again after the Court of Cassation referred the case back to appeals. The Emirati head of a federal authority, A K, and an Al Ain branch manager, M A, and a Lebanese IT expert, P, were…