In the past year, legislative trends in workplace privacy have steadily been moving in “a direction that favors employee privacy,” writes Philip Gordon of Littler Mendelson in this Privacy Tracker blog post, and indications are that this shift will continue. Gordon sums up laws that went into effect as of January 1, including “ban-the-box” laws, employee social media laws and laws that limit the use of credit information for employment purposes and offers recommendations for employers on how to navigate these laws and the challenges of BYOD. (IAPP member login required.)
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