Earlier this month, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into a law a bill that will require New York private sector employers to provide written notice to employees before engaging in electronic monitoring of their activities in the workplace. Civil Rights (CVR) Chapter 6, Article 5, Section 52-C*2 will take effect six months after enactment,
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Virginia Responds to W-2 Phishing Scams with First of Its Kind Notification Requirement
By Jason C. Gavejian on
Posted in Data Security, Identity Theft
As previously highlighted, in early February, the IRS issued a warning to all employers regarding the resurgence of a W-2 based cyber scam. Since the IRS warning, this type of scam has taken numerous victims. On February 15, 2017, Virginia Wesleyan College released a notice stating that the 2016 W-2 tax form information of…
European Commission Unveils EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (Update)
Earlier today, the European Commission (the Commission) issued a draft “adequacy decision” as well as the texts that will constitute the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (the Privacy Shield). This includes the Privacy Shield Principles companies have to abide by, as well as written commitments by the U.S. Government on the enforcement of the arrangement,…