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Employer Cooperation with Law Enforcement Requests for Information

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Recent developments at the federal government level have generated increasing questions regarding employer’s requirements to cooperate with law enforcement at the local level. Law enforcement may have a variety of reasons for...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

NewsBank Hit with Class Action over Employee Data Breach

Last week, a class action was filed against NewsBank, Inc., a Florida-based news database company, related to a 2024 breach of employee personal information. NewsBank provides a database of archived news publications...more

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ICO releases guidance on processing employment records

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On February 5 2025, the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) released new guidance designed to help employers understand and comply with their obligations under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 in relation...more

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Top Five 2025 California Privacy Alerts for California Employers

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Employers must prepare for significant amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) of 2018, as amended by the CPRA (CCPA) in 2025. The CCPA grants California residents, including employees, specific rights...more

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Citizenship and Immigration Status Is Now Categorized as Sensitive Personal Information under California Law

On October 8, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB-947, which expanded the category of “sensitive personal information” to include citizenship or immigration status. The category of sensitive personal...more

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The OPC and other privacy authorities release new resolutions on the privacy of employees and young people

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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (the OPC) published two new resolutions which aim to protect the privacy of employees and young people, on 6 October 2023. The resolutions follow concerns of privacy federal,...more

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Importance of Protecting Employee Information as Privacy and Cybersecurity Laws Proliferate

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Most human resources professionals are concerned about the privacy and security of the vast amounts of personal information they manage. This article discusses steps to consider taking against the challenges. Deluge of...more

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Canada’s Office of Privacy Commissioner Revises Privacy Guideline on Employee Personal Information

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Earlier this year, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) revised its guideline, Privacy in the Workplace, which addresses employee rights and workplace obligations with respect to employee personal...more

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What Does the California Attorney General’s New Investigative CCPA Sweep Mean for California Employers?

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On July 14, 2023, the California Attorney General announced an investigative sweep targeting CCPA compliance efforts by “large California employers.” The Attorney General’s Office sent inquiry letters to the large California...more

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California Attorney General Announces CCPA “Investigative Sweep” of Employers

On July 14, 2023, the California attorney general (AG) announced a surprising “investigative sweep” into employer compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and its implementing regulations, sending a...more

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California Attorney General Announces Investigative Sweep Focused on Employment-Related Data

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On July 14, 2023, the office of the California attorney general announced an investigative sweep of “large California employers” to request “information on the companies’ compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act...more

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Québec’s Law 25 and Privacy By Design: 5 Things to Remember When Configuring Information Systems

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The bulk of the “Law 25” amendments to Québec’s Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector (“PPIPS”) take effect on September 22, 2023. In a previous post, we discussed the internal policies...more

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Final Privacy Regulations Anticipated To Go Into Effect In April 2023 - Enforcement Scheduled to Start July 1, 2023

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On February 14, 2023, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) submitted its proposed final regulations (“Regulations”) to the Office of Administrative Law for a final review. It is anticipated that Regulations will go...more

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New CPRA employee rights take effect January 1. Are you ready?

The California Privacy Rights Act will go into full effect on January 1. The CPRA is commonly referred to as a “new” act, but is actually an add-on/modification to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, which has been...more

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[Webinar] Top Tips for California Employers to Prepare for the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) Effective January 1, 2023 -...

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Following the passage of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), for the past two years, employers have been partially exempt from many of the California Consumer Privacy Act's (CCPA) mandates pertaining to applicants,...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Employee Data Under the CCPA: Expiration of Employer Exemptions Requires Compliance as of January 1, 2023

Since the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) was passed in 2018, employers have been watching carefully to see how the law will apply to data collected and maintained about their employees. Up until now, employment data...more

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Businesses With California Employees May Face New Data Privacy and Security Requirements

​​​​​​​In a few months, certain businesses with California-based employees may face new data privacy requirements as an exemption to the Golden State’s comprehensive privacy and security statute sunsets. In recent years,...more

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Reminder: California Employee Personal Data In-Scope of California Data Protection Law Effective Jan. 1, 2023

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The Employee Data Exemptions that existed in the original CCPA will no longer be effective in 2023 as the scope of the data protection law expands under the CPRA. In November 2020, California residents voted to adopt the...more

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CPRA Countdown: What employers need to know about the CPRA's potential impact on litigation - This is the eighth installment in...

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To date, employee data has been largely exempt from the requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). However, effective January 1, 2023, the Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), will remove the...more

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Happy “Labor …” More Privacy Rights for Employees: California Legislature Closes Session Without Extending Employee and B2B Data...

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As summer nears its end, uncertainty and complexity lie ahead for many companies as they evaluate how to operationalize compliance with the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), existing California employment laws and...more

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Canada’s Federal Government Proposes Changes to Privacy Act

On June 16, 2022, the government of Canada tabled a bill that would make significant changes to privacy laws impacting employers in the federal jurisdiction. The new legislation, the Digital Charter Implementation Act (Bill...more

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California Privacy Rights Act for Employers: Vendor Contracting Requirements

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This is the fourth in a series of articles about the implications of the California Privacy Rights Act for employers. The impending January 1, 2023 effective date of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) has created a...more

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Part 2 of BakerHostetler’s Countdown to CPRA - Top 5 FAQs to Evaluate Compliance Strategy for Employees

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In Part 1 of BakerHostetler’s Countdown to CPRA blog series, we provided initial guidance to businesses on key California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) compliance readiness considerations. On January 1, 2023, California could...more

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How Large Employers Can Prepare for CCPA/CPRA Obligations for “HR Data” in 2022

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Get ready, large employers. After years of amendments exempting the personal information of employees and other personnel from the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), covered employers now have a firm deadline by which...more

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Republican Attorneys General Are Not Pro-PRO Act, Warn It Will Undermine Right-To-Work State Laws

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A group of 14 Republican AGs, led by South Carolina AG Alan Wilson, sent a letter to U.S. Senate leaders urging them not to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 (“PRO Act”)...more

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