Employers should take employee concerns regarding data privacy and security seriously not only to protect information, but also because subsequent adverse action against employees complaining about security breaches could provide the basis for a whistleblowing/retaliation claim, says a national law fir
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A divided Third Circuit holds that a union which tracked down employees during an organizing campaign by taking down car license numbers in the employee parking lot and using the numbers to search for vehicle ownership and home addresses (“tagging”) violated the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994.
Although an employee had a legitimate expectation of privacy in his workplace office, his employer retained the ability to consent to a government search of his office and work computer, the Ninth Circuit rules.


