Lexology March 19, 2020
As the business world adjusts to dynamic changes in work environments brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses’ data privacy and cyber security preparedness will be stress-tested like never before as employees work at home en masse.
Without formal data handling practices in place, employees working from home may not fully grasp that their actions could place sensitive information – that they and their employers are responsible for protecting – at risk. The potential exposure of sensitive information could include employee’s personal information, which subsequently, can trigger state or federal data breach notification laws. Such exposures could result in significant legal liabilities to employers and issues for affected individuals like identity theft.
Employees working from home can create increased risks...
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