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“Follow me on Instagram, will you?” That may seem like a harmless question to a colleague, but starting soon, New York will ban most employer inquiries regarding an employee’s personal social media account....more
On 8 March 2023 the UK Government released a new version of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (the Bill), which is intended to make a series of changes to the UK’s data protection framework found in the UK...more
In response to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed AB 1242 into law, which “prohibits law enforcement and California corporations from cooperating with out-of-state...more
Employee communications and use of company devices are often key issues in trade secret and related litigation. United States law, for the most part, has been very supportive of an employer’s ability to engage in aggressive...more
As we previously notified our readers, it’s a new dawn of electronic monitoring in New York. Effective May 7, 2022, employers engaging in electronic monitoring must provide detailed notice to their employees. Notice will be...more
Keypoint: As of May 7, 2022, New York employers that monitor or intercept employee emails, internet usage, or telephone communications must provide written notice to those employees....more
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill (SB) S2628 into law on Nov. 8, 2021. The law, which takes effect on May 7, 2022, requires every private-sector employer to provide notice of its electronic monitoring practices to...more
Effective May 7, 2022, employers in New York State will need to provide written notice to new hires where the employer “monitors or otherwise intercepts [employee] telephone conversations or transmissions, electronic mail or...more
On November 8, 2021, New York amended its Civil Rights Law to require employers to notify employees if their use of e-mail, telephone systems, computer systems and the like are subject to monitoring or interception by the...more
Beginning May 7, 2022, employers that monitor their employees’ electronic communications are required to provide written notice to current employees and to new employees, upon hiring. The new legislation, signed into law on...more
For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers have been frustrated by the lack of notice regarding important mandates issues by different public health officials at all levels of state and local government. Senate Bill 336 is...more
Senate Bill 657, a new law which becomes effective on January 1, 2022, in recognition of the prevalence of remote workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, permits employers to email required employment postings to employees....more
New York recently enacted a law governing employee monitoring. The law applies to New York employers who monitor employees through electronic devices. This includes monitoring of telephone, emails, and internet access or...more
It’s a new dawn of electronic monitoring in New York, as employers will soon be required to disclose the extent of their electronic monitoring of employees in the workplace. On November 8, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul...more
While employers generally provide some form of notice of electronic monitoring, as a matter of practice, in their employee handbook, New York now requires transparency about workplace monitoring as a matter of law....more
New York employers who monitor employee’s telephone calls, e-mails, or internet use must soon provide written notice to employees. The change comes during an era where many employees are communicating with each other via...more
Legislation directing the National Institute of Standards and technology (“NIST”) to create standards and guidelines for securing Internet of Things (“IoT”) devices used by Federal agencies and their contractors recently...more
Arizona passed Senate Bill 1030, which authorizes Arizona notaries to perform remote online notarizations, known as “RON.” RON becomes effective as of June 30, 2020. What is Remote Online Notarization (RON)?...more
In 2016, the New York Legislature enacted a version of the Uniform Law Commission’s Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act in Article 13-A (“Article 13-A”) of the Estates, Powers and Trusts Law (“EPTL”). ...more
In December 2018, now former Governor Kasich signed into law S.B. 263, also known as the Notary Public Modernization Act. The act overhauls Ohio’s notary laws and will allow documents to be notarized online through...more
The CLOUD Act resolves the central issue in United States v. Microsoft — U.S. law enforcement agencies now have explicit legal authority to obtain electronic data from U.S. cloud and communication companies regardless of...more
As we enter the new year, there are new changes in state and federal lobbying, gift and campaign finance laws. California: In September, Gov. Jerry Brown signed new campaign finance laws that require political committees...more
On Thursday, October 8, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (the “California ECPA”). This legislation, which takes effect on January 1, 2015, has been heralded by...more
Law enforcement requests for electronic information, particularly from technology companies such as Google and Twitter, have skyrocketed in recent years. In response, several states—Maine and Texas in 2013, Utah in 2014 and...more
Legislation to restrict employers' access to applicants' and employees' personal online content continues its rapid expansion in 2014. Three weeks after Wisconsin became the 13th state to adopt its own social media password...more