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Employees monitoring

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • February 28 2013

The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) considered that a video surveillance system used in building was disproportionate, as it allowed the

Michigan becomes latest state to enact social media privacy law

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2013

Last week, Michigan enacted a social media privacy law that prohibits employers and educational institutions from requesting access to the personal social

Responding to the situation misconduct dismissal was not reasonable

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 16 2012

The claimant, a manager at a Job Centre, had worked for the DWP for nearly 30 years with exemplary behaviour before her summary dismissal for gross misconduct

Fight against discrimination

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • May 31 2012

The CNIL and the Défenseur des Droits (the French Ombudsman) have published a methodological guide intended for human resources departments

Using surveillance evidence in disciplinary proceedings

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 9 2011

In Pacey v Caterpillar Logistic Services (UK) Ltd, an employment tribunal upheld an unfair dismissal claim where the employee was dismissed for gross misconduct because his employer thought he was falsely claiming sick pay

New Jersey ruling in favor of employee's e-mail privilege claim suggests amendments to corporate monitoring policies

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 5 2010

On March 30, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued its opinion in Stengart v. Loving Care Agency, Inc., in which it unanimously held that the attorney-client privilege applied to e-mails sent by an employee using a personal, web-based e-mail account to her personal attorney on an employer-provided laptop, even though the employer had a general policy stating that the employee should have no reasonable expectation of privacy in the communications sent over company equipment

Ninth Circuit joins the debate on employee liability for violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 5 2009

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently weighed in on whether an employee who has been granted access to his employer’s computers - but uses information obtained from those computers in a manner contrary to the employer’s interest - has acted “without authorization” in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a federal statute that imposes criminal and civil liability for certain computer crimes and abuses

YouTube to provide de-identified user data to Viacom in copyright infringement suit

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 5 2008

As a result of YouTube user privacy complaints, Viacom, Inc., will not be told the identities of individuals who viewed video clips on the popular video-sharing Web site

Connecticut enacts law requiring privacy protection policy

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 5 2008

Effective October 1, 2008, Connecticut will require persons collecting personal information, including employers, to undertake certain procedures designed to protect employees and consumers from whom information is gathered