Trevor Brown reports: A series of bills endorsed by a legislative-led panel could make your Facebook, email and other personal Internet accounts more secure. The Task Force on Digital Information Privacy voted Thursday to recommend several bills that could be debated during the upcoming 2015 session if they are supported by another legislative committee. The…
Category: Workplace
Appeals Court Absolves Insurer After Women Forced to Undress for Evidence of Period
Elizabeth Warmerdam has an update on one of the yuckiest workplace privacy cases I’ve ever covered on this blog. Accused of checking the underwear of female employees for period blood, a cosmetics company cannot demand coverage from its insurer, a California Court of Appeals ruled. […] Jon Davler tendered the action to its insurer, but…
Is it wrong to send personal emails to work addresses?
Charles Mabbett of the Office of the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner raises a good question: Is it acceptable for a lawyer acting for a client to send a very private communication to a work email address of the other party? A complaint based on exactly this kind of scenario was made to the Legal Complaints Review Officer (LCRO)…
HIV Status, Homosexuality no Reason for Anonymity, Judge
Sabrina Canfield reports: An HIV-positive homosexual who sued his employer for discrimination cannot do so anonymously because his HIV-positive, homosexual status provides him “no greater threat of retaliation” than a typical plaintiff alleging employment violations, a federal judge ruled. John Doe asked the court to keep his own name out of a lawsuit he filed against…