DutchNews.nl reports: A number of police officers are refusing to give DNA samples to the national forensic institute NFI data bank, the Gelderlander newspaper reports on Friday. The paper says 300 out of over 1,200 detectives are refusing to voluntarily give their DNA to the NFI so it can be used for elimination purposes during…
Category: Workplace
Office complex implants RFID chips in employees’ hands
Lucas Mearian reports: The corporate tenants of a Swedish high-tech office complex are having RFID chips implanted in their hands, enabling access through security doors, as well as services such as copy machines, all without PIN codes or swipe cards. The employees working at Epicenter, a 15,000-square-foot building in Stockholm, can even pay for lunch using their implants — just…
DC Bill Would Bar Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing
Nancy N. Delogu writes: The District of Columbia is considering legislation that would bar employers from conducting pre-employment marijuana testing, except as required by law. The bill—Prohibition of Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing Act of 2015—is scheduled to be discussed at a public hearing on Monday, February 9, 2015. Read more on Littler Workplace Privacy Counsel.
Big Data Could Make the Detection of ‘Pre-Crime’ a Reality
Chris DiMarco writes: Philip K. Dick’s sci-fi classic “Minority Report” envisioned a future where psychic beings could see crimes before they were committed, allowing law enforcement agents to intervene. But while tapping into psychic sensitivity may not yet be an option in 2015, Big Data services and systems are closer than ever to giving companies…