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Bans on Employers Requesting Social Media Passwords Continue as New Year Approaches
Michigan becomes fourth state to enact law banning employers from requiring access to employees’/applicants’ social media accounts…
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Sandy – A Reminder to Adopt/Reevaluate Your Disaster Recovery Plan
The effects of a hurricane like Sandy should be a reminder to all businesses of the importance of disaster recovery planning. When these storms threaten there is no shortage of images of sandbags and plywood being used to prevent harm to companies’ bricks and mortar. However, rarely do we see steps businesses should be taking to protect…
California Becomes Third State to Limit Access to Employees and Students’ Social Media Accounts
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And then there were three… Last week, California Governor Jerry Brown made his state the third in the union, following Maryland and Illinois, to limit access to employees and students’ social media accounts…
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California Bill to Prohibit Employers from Requiring Social Media Passwords (AB 1844) Heads to Governor Brown
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California moves one step closer to becoming third state to significantly limit when employers could ask employees and job applicants for social media passwords and account information…
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Back to School – FTC Provides Guide to Parents for Protecting Children’s Personal Information
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Posted in Featured, Information Risk
FTC provides guide to parents for protecting their children’s personal information when heading back to school.
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Illinois Becomes Second State to Prohibit Employers from Demanding Social Media Passwords
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Illinois becomes second state to prohibit employers from demanding social media passwords from employees and applicants…
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OCR Issues Protocol For HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Audit Program
By Jason C. Gavejian on
As we previously discussed, the Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) continues to push forward with the HIPAA audits required by the HITECH Act. To this end, the OCR recently posted the protocol which is used to conduct the HIPAA audits on its website.
The HITECH Act requires HHS to provide for periodic audits to…
Third Social Media Report From NLRB Acting General Counsel
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Posted in Featured, Social Networking
Today, the NLRB‘s Acting General Counsel posted a third report regarding social media issues which have been brought to the agency. The cases discussed in this report should provide further guidance to employers struggling with developing strategies for using social media in their business, developing employee policies regulating activity in social media, and enforcing those…
Maryland Prohibits Employers From Demanding Social Media Passwords
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti on
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New Maryland law prohibits employers from demanding access to Facebook or other on line accounts of employees and applicants…
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