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NewsBank Hit with Class Action over Employee Data Breach

Last week, a class action was filed against NewsBank, Inc., a Florida-based news database company, related to a 2024 breach of employee personal information. NewsBank provides a database of archived news publications...more

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ICO releases guidance on processing employment records

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On February 5 2025, the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) released new guidance designed to help employers understand and comply with their obligations under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 in relation...more

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Transferring Employee Data From Canada to the United States: Key Considerations for Employers

As of September 22, 2024, the final provision of Law 25, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information, will take effect, establishing a new right to data portability for...more

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2024 Wrap-Up of the Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report

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As the year comes to a close here are some of the highlights from the Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report with our most popular topics and posts from 2024. Expanding State Privacy Laws- This year saw a...more

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Human Resources’ Role in Data Privacy and Cybersecurity, Part V: Ethical Obligations When Responding to a Breach of Employee Data

In today’s digital landscape, many organizations will likely face the unfortunate reality of a breach of employee data. The human resources department is the critical link between safeguarding a company’s reputation and...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Expresses Concerns About Use of Worker Profiling Data

Most consumers are aware that their personal data is collected, compiled, analyzed, and sold to third parties for marketing and other purposes. Many employees may not know of similar data collection practices relating to...more

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Colorado Amends Privacy Act to Include Enhanced Biometric Data Requirements

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The Colorado Privacy Act already required prior consent for sensitive personal data, with the amendment now setting forth requirements for purchasing and retaining biometric data. The Colorado state legislature recently...more

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Employment Practices and Data Protection: Monitoring Workers 101

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently published guidance for employers on monitoring workers lawfully, transparently and fairly. The guidance aims to protect workers’ data protection rights and help...more

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Deyerler v. HireVue Expands Biometric Privacy Law to AI Video Interview Platform

A recent decision from the Northern District of Illinois highlights new legal hurdles for employers using AI-powered video interview technologies under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), 740 ILCS 14/15.  In...more

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Brazil Data Protection Law – Litigation in the Context of Employment

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The Brazilian Data Protection Law (LGPD) in effect since 2020 is starting to show its effects in the litigation landscape. Although the Brazilian National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) has been fairly active since it...more

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Health Care Workers Engaged in Treatment, Payment, or Operations Excluded by BIPA

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As previously noted, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has invited a great deal of litigation, often resulting in interpretations favorable toward plaintiffs. As a result, we advise employers who use...more

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Are you properly protecting your employees' personal information?

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If they have not already, employers should take steps now to properly protect the personal information of their employees. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Ramirez v. Paradies Shops, LLC clarifies that...more

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BIPA’s Devastating Effects on Illinois Businesses

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As Illinois employers and businesses recover in a post-pandemic world, the continued and growing threat of The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) looms on the horizon. This paper demonstrates that, due to the...more

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Finalization of Regulations Clears the Path for Employers to Complete California Privacy Rights Act Compliance Efforts Before June...

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After months of uncertainty, the rulemaking process for the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the first-ever comprehensive U.S. data privacy law applicable to human resources data (“HR Data”), concluded on March 29,...more

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Employers With Broad Management Rights Under a CBA Spared From Some BIPA Litigation

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In a unanimous decision, the Illinois Supreme Court determined that the Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) is pre-empted by the Labor Management Relations Act for many employees covered by a collective bargaining...more

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What is an employee privacy policy? Does my company need one?

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To date, 71% of the world’s countries feature some form of privacy legislation. More and more businesses are subject to data privacy regulations, and more and more businesses are working hard to ensure they’re respecting...more

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BIPA After Tims and White Castle: Now What?

As you likely heard, in two recent rulings, the Illinois Supreme Court finally addressed important statute-of-limitations issues. In Tims v. Black Horse Carriers, the Supreme Court ruled that a five-year statute of...more

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U.S. State Privacy Law Update

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In 2023, new comprehensive data privacy laws come into effect in five states — California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia. The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Working 9 to 5: What a Way to Rack Up BIPA Violations

February brought big changes to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) litigation landscape. On the heels of a catastrophic 228 million dollar jury verdict against BNSF, the Illinois Supreme Court issued an...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

BIPA Becomes the Monster Employers Feared

Two momentous decisions regarding the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) recently came down from the Illinois Supreme Court. First, the Court recently ruled in Cothron v. White Castle System Inc. that a BIPA...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Doubles Down on Liability for BIPA Claims

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On Friday, February 17, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court issued another blockbuster ruling interpreting the Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). In a 4 to 3 decision, the Court in Cothorn v. White Castle Systems held...more

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Divided Illinois Supreme Court Holds that BIPA Claims Accrue with Each Scan, Potentially Opening the Door to Massive Damages...

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In a recent 4-3 decision, the Illinois Supreme Court held that claims under sections 15(b) and 15(d) of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) accrue each time a private entity collects a biometric identifier...more

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In proportion - UK ICO issues draft guidance on information about workers' health

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As part of its project to update the Employment Practices Data Protection Code, the UK ICO has published its second topic-specific draft guidance for consultation. The guidance covers processing information about workers’...more

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Reminder: California Employee Personal Data In-Scope of California Data Protection Law Effective Jan. 1, 2023

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The Employee Data Exemptions that existed in the original CCPA will no longer be effective in 2023 as the scope of the data protection law expands under the CPRA. In November 2020, California residents voted to adopt the...more

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The End of the HR Data Exemption under California law?

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Unless the California legislature acts soon, the scope of information subject to the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) will include all employee or human resource-related personal information on January 1, 2023. To date,...more

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