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AI and Employee Data Protection in the European Union: 8 Key Takeaways for Multinational Businesses

Fisher Phillips on 12/31/2024

Advancements in artificial intelligence and digitalization are changing the world of work at a rapid pace. In particular, when AI systems are used as workforce management tools, employers can automate a large number of tasks...more

Employee Monitoring: Lessons from CNIL’s EUR 32M Fine Against Amazon France Logistique

BCLP on 1/31/2024

Following the publication of several press articles and employee complaints, the French data protection regulator (“CNIL”) carried out an investigation at the Amazon France Logistique’s (“Amazon”) warehouses. The CNIL's...more

Employee Data Increasingly in the Crosshairs of Data Privacy Enforcement

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/20/2023

The California Attorney General’s investigative sweep is a potential harbinger of increased focus on employers’ data privacy compliance with respect to employee data. On July 14, 2023, the California Attorney General...more

Collecting Employee Information? It's Time to Wake Up

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 1/12/2021

Employers collect data about their employees. It starts with employees’ salary data, resumes, and work hours. It continues with fingerprints and images from security cameras, followed by employee meals and business trip...more

H&M fined 35 million euros for GDPR violation

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 12/16/2020

CEP Magazine (December 2020) - The Hamburg Data Protection Authority issued their largest fine ever under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for employee-related offenses. A fine of more than €35 million was...more

The Netherlands: Scan your employees, not their fingerprints

Littler on 2/14/2020

At the end of 2019, Dutch department store chain HEMA announced it was going to stop using fingerprints for its time clocks and sales registers. HEMA had been planning to introduce this fast and reliable method of...more

France Continues to Focus on Use of Biometrics

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/3/2019

The French CNIL (the country’s data protection authority) has released rules for how companies can use the biometric information of their employees. Fingerprint scanning is a popular method for “clocking in” around the globe,...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2018 #5

Robinson & Cole LLP on 9/4/2018

It has been reported that a hacker was able to break into the servers of TheTruthSpy, a company that is described as “one of the most notorious stalkerware companies out there” (Motherboard, August 2018) and was able to steal...more

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