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Biometrics & Blockchain in the Workplace: A Primer

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Information is everywhere, especially in the workplace. But traditional means of securing and sharing data—which typically involve accessing password protected information from various sources—is inefficient, cumbersome, and...more

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Gifts that Don’t Quite Fit in Your Stocking: New Employment Laws Taking Effect in 2017

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A number of new state or local laws are set to take effect in Illinois in 2017 which will require employers to update their employee handbooks, employment agreements, and other policies and procedures. We address the key...more

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Friend (or Foe) Requests: Using Social Media In Employment Litigation

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Social media is a potential goldmine of information when it comes to defending against employment lawsuits—pictures, status updates, location markers, “likes,” groups, and associated friends, all from the...more

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Let’s be “Friends” – Should I “Friend” My Employees? And Other Questions Raised by the Internet Privacy Protection Act

On the last day of the 2016 Regular Session, the West Virginia Legislature passed a bill that will require all West Virginia employers to evaluate their social media policies and practices. HB 4364, known as the Internet...more

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Game of Phones: Employer-Issued Smartphones and Employee Fifth Amendment Protections

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A recent court decision holding that employees can claim the Fifth Amendment and refuse to unlock password-protected smartphones, even though the phones were issued by their employer for company business, demonstrates the...more

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Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update Volume 6, Issue 4

Five social media law issues to discuss with your clients - The explosive growth of social media has clients facing legal questions that didn’t even exist a few short years ago. Helping your clients navigate this...more

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New Maine Social Media Privacy Law Takes Effect October 15, 2015

Maine has become the latest state to restrict employers’ ability to access social media accounts of employees and applicants. A new Maine statute, which will go into effect on October 15, 2015, prohibits a broad range of...more

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District Court Rules That Smartphone Passcodes Are Testimonial; Protected by Fifth Amendment

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In Securities and Exchange Commission v. Huang, the district court held that the Fifth Amendment protected two former employees against having to disclose their personal passcodes for company-issued smartphones to government...more

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Maine Cannot Ask Employees for Access to Social Media

Social media privacy legislation has seen a dramatic increase in interest in state legislatures recently. In 2015 alone, at least 23 states have introduced or considered measures to restrict employers’ ability to track,...more

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Newly Enacted Statute Restricts Virginia Employers’ Access to Employees’ Social Media Accounts

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On July 1, 2015, a new law, Virginia Code Section 40.1-28.7:5 went into effect that prohibits Virginia employers from requiring current or prospective employees: (1) to disclose their social media account usernames and/or...more

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Connecticut Joins States That Protect Personal Online Accounts of Employees

Connecticut has joined a list of twenty-one states with a statute designed to preserve the privacy of personal online accounts of employees and limit the use of information related to such accounts in employment...more

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Connecticut Governor Signs New Social Media Privacy Legislation

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As we have frequently reported in this blog, social media privacy issues increasingly permeate the workplace. For example, earlier this year, Montana and Virginia joined a growing number of states in enacting laws...more

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New Connecticut Online Privacy Law Protects Prospective & Current Employees

Last week, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed a law to protect prospective and current employees from employer interference with their “personal online accounts.” The new law, which will take effect on October 1,...more

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