Internet, Employee Privacy Rights

Handling criticism in the social media era

Ius Laboris on 4/11/2024

In the era of social networks, organisations frequently find themselves dealing with risks to their image and privacy rights deriving from the use of these tools. ...more

New York Imposes New Requirements for Employee Monitoring

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/23/2021

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

Monitoring Employee Electronic Communications

Jaburg Wilk on 4/4/2018

A growing number of employers monitor and review their employees’ electronic communications, including telephone calls, emails and internet use, while at work or working away from the office. They cite a number of legitimate...more

Don’t Feed The Trolls: What Employers Can Do To Combat Internet Trolls

Fisher Phillips on 5/10/2017

...The internet has forever changed the way information is shared. The rapid-fire online patter produces comments and information that could be both helpful and harmful to an employer and its employees. On the one hand, such...more

China Employment Law Alert: New Data Privacy Obligations for Employers

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/2/2016

The National People's Congress Standing Committee has now finalised the new Cyber Security Law ("CSL"), to take effect on 1 June 2017. The fast development of the internet in China has caused a rapid escalation of security...more

More Guidelines on Data Privacy Compliant Use and Monitoring of Internet and Emails in the Workplace in Germany

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/14/2016

Recently, the Berlin-Brandenburg Regional Labor Court ruled on the rights of an employer to check browsing history without the employee’s consent. Orrick’s German employment team published a client newsletter about this...more