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11th Circuit Data Breach Decision Highlights Employer Obligations to Protect Employee Personal Identifiable Information From Third...

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Earlier this month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision restricting employers’ abilities to fight off putative class action claims regarding data breach and cyberattacks on employee...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Protecting Employees' Private Health Information from a Cyberattack in the Age of COVID-19

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With COVID-19, employers are receiving and processing an ever-increasing amount of their employees' confidential health information. From COVID-19 test results to vaccination status, many employers are routinely collecting...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

A Human Resources Manager’s Guide to the GDPR (Part 4)

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This article is Part 4 of our series on the GDPR for U.S.-based companies. Part 1 assisted U.S.-based companies in determining whether the GDPR applies to them; Part 2 provided an overview of the GDPR’s key concepts and...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Pennsylvania Court Refuses to Create a Duty of Care to Protect Confidential Personal Data

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On May 28, 2015, Judge R. Stanton Wettick, Jr. refused to create a new cause of action sounding in negligence allowing a claim for damages resulting from improper disclosure of confidential personal and financial information....more

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Employment Law Commentary -- Volume 26, Issue 7 July 2014 -- Building A Workforce Culture Of Data Security In The Post-Snowden Era

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Last month’s Employment Law Commentary discussed the high level of international attention now being paid to protecting trade secrets from misappropriation, with recommendations for practical steps that companies may take to...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Connecticut Court Declines To Open New Door To Coverage In Data Breach Cases

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Massive data breaches, now commonplace, often prompt alarm. But the danger they represent — unauthorized use of confidential information — does not always follow straightforwardly. ...more

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