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Email Employer Liability Issues Data Protection

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Private Nutzung von Internet und E-Mail am Arbeitsplatz: Endlich mehr Sicherheit für Arbeitgeber?

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Private Nutzung von Internet und E-Mail am Arbeitsplatz: Endlich mehr Sicherheit für Arbeitgeber? Nach bisheriger Auffassung der deutschen Datenschutzbehörden ist der Arbeitgeber bei gestatteter Privatnutzung von...more

K&L Gates LLP

Employment Practices and Data Protection: Monitoring Workers 101

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently published guidance for employers on monitoring workers lawfully, transparently and fairly. The guidance aims to protect workers’ data protection rights and help...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

A Reminder For Employers About W-2 Phishing Scams

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For the past several years, thousands of businesses have been hit with phishing scams during tax season. Through these social engineering scams, hackers obtain employee Forms W-2 for filing fraudulent tax returns seeking...more

Fisher Phillips

Don’t Take the Bait! “Spear Phishing” and “Whaling” Take Scams to the Next Level

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For several years now, we’ve been alerting employers about the dangers of phishing scams that attempt to obtain private and personal information from employers... Many of these scams rear their ugly head around tax season,...more

White and Williams LLP

Seven Steps to Stay Safe Online in the Workplace

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Ensuring the online safety and security of a workplace is only possible through the joint efforts of all the employees using a company’s computer systems. The failure to maintain a secure network environment can result in...more

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Survey Finds Healthcare Workers Understand Security Measures But Still Share Sensitive Information Through Non-Secure Email

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According to reports on a recent survey, the vast majority of healthcare workers share sensitive medical information using non-secure email. The survey, conducted by Kickstand Communications, reportedly found that 87% of...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Gone Phishing: Employer Faces Liability for Mistakenly Disclosing W-2 Forms to Scammer

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Phishing. Spoofing. - These words may sound silly, but for employers, they are anything but. Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive electronic information—such as usernames, passwords, or financial...more

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Employers Take Note: Tax Season Phishing Scams on the Rise

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It is tax season once again, and with it comes an increased threat of phishing scams targeting human resources and payroll personnel. In 2016, the IRS alerted employers to a then-emerging email phishing scheme in which...more

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