Where Will The Needle Land? COVID-19 Contact Tracing v. Protecting Personal Privacy
June 01, 2020
Governments and businesses alike are considering how to leverage new technologies to make contact tracing efforts more effective by digitally monitoring our social interactions and physical locations. But such innovative contact tracing methods raise a host of privacy concerns, forcing a reckoning with how we balance privacy and public health.
Recent Decisions Clarify Scope of Illinois Biometric Privacy Law
June 01, 2020
For users of biometric information subject to BIPA's rigorous requirements, the last two years have brought mostly bad news, most notably a smattering of unfavorable decisions on the question of whether plaintiffs must suffer an injury in order to avail themselves of BIPA. Against this backdrop, however, courts have issued decisions on other aspects of BIPA
How Privacy Laws Shape COVID-19 Reopening Plans
June 01, 2020
When it comes to processing personal information, Americans do not have a general right to privacy because the United States does not have a comprehensive privacy law. That does not mean, however, that employers are not subject to other privacy requirements.
COVID-19: Threats Abound: How to Protect Your Remote Workforce
May 01, 2020
If there's an upside to this unsettling period, it's that the same cloud that irrevocably changed the way companies do business in recent years will now help them navigate through this pandemic. By enabling remote work in response to this crisis, companies will emerge nimbler, more technologically sound and more productive.
