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http://www.accdocket.com/articles/gdpr-employer-interests-and-employee-privacy.cfm A company collects the data of its employees throughout the employees’ lifecycle — beginning with recruitment and concluding with resignation, termination, or retirement. The data is collected and processed at all stages. Many organizations are deploying new digital HR technologies to better manage and support the entire employment life cycle, including in the cloud to analyse data that can lead to HR improvements. The rapid adoption of new technologies in the workplace has been useful in detecting the loss of intellectual property or data breaches by an employee. What’s more, there are now predictive analytics and location data from smart devices that improve employee productivity. However, these technological developments are sometimes seen as intrusive and pervasive ways of cheaper monitoring and have raised concerns and challenges about employee privacy and data protection. Such te...

General Data Protection Regulation in Jersey: what is it, why should I care and what should I do about it? Newsletters April 04 2017 | Contributed by Ogier While the media's attention in the past six months has been lavished on Brexit and President Trump, there is one particular news story that is still not getting a huge amount of attention, but which will affect businesses across Jersey – regardless of the United Kingdom's position within the European Union and US foreign policy – sooner than might be expected. Overview The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an EU-wide reform of privacy and data protection legislation that is due to take effect from May 25 2018. It is a major update of Europe's data privacy laws that has been born from the era of Big Data and mobile technology. At its heart, the regulation is about: giving new rights for members of the public to control their data (including the much-discusse...

"The Emerging Need for Cybersecurity Diligence in M&A" April 19, 2017 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | Shilpi Gupta , Stuart D. Levi , William Ridgway Cybercrime has emerged as one of the foremost threats a company faces. As a result of a few keystrokes, a company may find its customers’ data sold on the dark web, its intellectual property in the hands of a competitor or its operations paralyzed by ransomware. It should come as little surprise, then, that cybersecurity has become a key risk factor in mergers and acquisitions. A 2016 survey by West Monroe Partners and Mergermarket found that 77 percent of top-level corporate executives and private equity partners reported that the importance of cybersecurity at M&A targets had increased significantly in recent years. Given this trend, executives and directors contemplating acquisitions should consider the following cyber-related issues when conducting due diligence. Key Considera...