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On April 27, 2021, a class action lawsuit was filed against Google, Inc. (“Google”) alleging that the Google-Apple Exposure Notification System (“GAEN”) – the company’s COVID-19 contact tracking app – contained a flaw that...more
Glen Price Discusses Privacy Issues Around COVID-19 CA Notify App and Others - From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health officials around the world have looked to use the benefits of big data and the...more
Panelists discussed employment and privacy issues related to the pandemic for both remote work and return to the workplace. We'll also look at obligations of employers when it comes to collecting information related to health...more
Panelists will discuss employment and privacy issues related to the pandemic for both remote work and return to the workplace. We'll look at obligations of employers when it comes to collecting information related to health...more
As organizations aim to return to some type of normalcy, and help ensure a healthy and safe workplace, many have implemented COVID-19 screening programs that check for symptoms, and an employee’s recent travel and potential...more
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Contact-tracing during COVID-19 raises data privacy implications for restaurants. It cannot be argued that COVID-19 is anything but a gut-punch to the restaurant industry. Projections for business sustainability are low...more
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In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, technology companies and public health authorities around the world have been developing contact tracing apps as a way to track and thus slow the spread of the virus....more
The German state of North Rhine Westphalia has issued an audit checklist for compliant use of data collected in connection with COVID-19 tracing. This checklist will prove useful for U.S. states as similar requirements for...more
Two bills dealing with processing COVID-19 data in California were referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Assembly Bill 660 prohibits data collected, received or prepared for purposes of contact tracing from...more
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Senate Bill 8450C, or An Act to Amend the Public Health Law in relation to the Confidentiality of Contact Tracing Information, passed the New York State Senate and Assembly and will be delivered to the governor’s office for...more
In addition to the potential uses of contact-tracing apps, discussed recently in episode 1 of the Global Solutions series, most employers now conduct some form of employee screening or monitoring to help prevent the spread of...more
On June 1, 2020, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced bipartisan legislation known as the Exposure Notification Privacy Act (Act), in the Senate. The Act would regulate the coronavirus...more
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The Republic of Korea (South Korea or ROK) had been tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus in a manner sensitive to the privacy of its citizens, but the government has now admitted that personally identifiable data is...more
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As many states continue to reopen businesses and permit more gatherings, public health officials are looking to contact tracing as a key strategy for preventing further spread of COVID-19. In contact tracing, public health...more
COVID-19- Attorneys General Express Concern Over Contact Tracing Apps- •The National Association of Attorneys General (“NAAG”) sent a letter signed by a bipartisan group of 39 AGs to Apple, Inc. and Google, LLC, seeking...more
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