Employees from Peacock Foods recently filed a class action suit against their employer. The group claims the company violated the Illinois Biometric Identifier Privacy Act. The employees say the company collected their fingerprints when they clocked in and out of work. They also claim the company didn’t follow the mandates meant to protect this information.…
Individuals value their privacy. In contrast, businesses value the ability to leverage personal information to deliver quality products and services to meet the needs of their clients. The legal standards that regulate the protection of personal information help bridge the gap between these two opposing interests. This article addresses when to apply de-identification, the legal…
On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect. The GDPR harmonizes data protection and reshapes the way businesses approach data privacy. To achieve this goal, the GDPR holds businesses accountable for how they manage personal data in a digital world. In preparation, many are evaluating current practices and planning to…
Countries are continuing to escalate restrictions on storage location and transfers of data, with China being the most recent to follow suit. China broadened its cybersecurity initiatives significantly in 2016 with the release of the Cybersecurity Law (Law). Scheduled to come into effect June 1, 2017, the Law introduced many new requirements concerning the handling…
As companies of all sizes begin to store data in the cloud, privacy issues have become big news. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak commented on the cloud, saying that “the more we transfer everything onto the web, onto the cloud, the less we’re going to have control over it.”[1] A major problem for companies is a…
Data breaches are an everyday occurrence that demonstrate no enterprise or individual is impervious to vulnerabilities. In 2015, there were 781 known data breaches in the U.S., the second highest year since the Identity Theft Resource Center began tracking them in 2005.[1] Between this influx of breaches and rapidly evolving and emerging privacy laws, it is…