William Hamilton reports: Jason R. Baron used his keynote address at the LawTech Euro Conference 2014 in Prague today to call for greater data use transparency from U.S. businesses. Addressing 500+ attendees, Baron asserted that the compelling business need to deploy powerful predictive analytics to effectively accomplish information governance requires a corresponding informed consent from employees. Baron, of…
Category: Workplace
Ebola Presents Significant Workplace Challenges (UPDATED)
Joseph J. Lazzarotti writes: We addressed the dangers of “snooping” into patient records by hospital workers spurred by incidents of Ebola and Enterovirus D-86 in the U.S. Of course, the workplace challenges created by Ebola, Enterovirus D-86 and other contagious diseases and illnesses in the workplace go far beyond snooping, and far beyond healthcare employers. Employers in all industries are facing…
Proposition 46 unwarranted privacy invasion of doctors – ACLU of Northern California
The ACLU of Northern California wants voters to vote NO on Proposition 46, the Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Cap and Drug Testing of Doctors initiative. The initiative would require physicians to submit to random, suspicionless drug testing, which is an unwarranted intrusion into their right to privacy protected by the Fourth Amendment and the California Constitution….
Computer Previously, But Not Currently, Used In Interstate Commerce Is Not A “Protected Computer” Under The Computer Fraud And Abuse Act
Michael R. Bertoncini writes: In order to be a “protected computer” within the meaning of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (the “CFAA”), the computer must be used in interstate commerce at the time of the allegedly unauthorized access of the computer, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts held. Pine Env. Servs.,…