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—Robert L. Rothman
Privacy Consultant and Former Chief Privacy Officer
General Motors Corporation

The complexities of privacy and data security laws from countries across the globe are clarified and analyzed for employers in this exceptional treatise, which provides a global context and perspective on international privacy and data security obligations.

In today’s global market, employers share and move more information than ever before. As employers centralize human resources processes to achieve greater efficiency and cost cutting, information relating to employees is literally moving globally. For employers operating on a global scale and the attorneys advising them, the complications are all the more problematic. Over 65 countries now have their own data protection laws regulating the collection, use, transfer, and disclosure of personal information. The complex and sometimes conflicting obligations imposed by these different laws have made compliance a struggle for companies operating in more than one country.

Employers who fail to satisfactorily address workplace privacy and data security issues can find themselves precluded from legally sharing information with affiliated entities, subject to fines and scrutiny by data protection regulators, and the object of negative publicity. How does an organization begin to find a solution to the balancing act of complying with the myriad of international data protection laws, and still running a business cost-effectively?

The guidance to resolve this problem is now available—BNA Books‘ Global Employee Privacy and Data Security Law. This treatise is designed specifically to help privacy professionals, human resources professionals, and attorneys understand the interaction of the U.S. and international legal requirements related to workplace privacy and data security, and achieve compliance with all requirements. The book takes a user-friendly approach, providing the “big-picture” discussion needed to put everything in context. It opens with a comprehensive overview of the legal framework applied in key jurisdictions such as the United States, Canada, the European Union, nations in Asia, and a number of other countries. Subsequent chapters analyze important topics across jurisdictions in order to focus on the conflicts and variations among the laws and countries covered.

Global Employee Privacy and Data Security Law offers wide-ranging analyses of the most crucial topics, including:

• Background checks and investigations
• E-mail and internet monitoring/video and physical surveillance
• Employees’ off-duty conduct n Confidentiality of health information
• Medical examinations and drug testing of applicants and employees
• Personnel records
• U se of government identifiers and social security numbers
• Security breach notification requirements
• Maintaining an information security program

This book is designed to be used with Morrison & Foerster‘s “Privacy Library,” a free resource available at www.mofoprivacy.com, providing links to privacy laws, regulations, reports, multilateral agreements, and government authorities for virtually every country in the world with data protection rules and regulations. The Privacy Library also includes client alerts and articles on privacy topics.

Global Employee Privacy and Data Security Law enables readers to identify the key issues, ask the right questions, and tailor solutions to fit an organization’s needs. With this in-depth and accessible resource to serve as a guide for understanding the key differences among the various jurisdictions for the most vexing privacy issues, practitioners and organizations can more effectively formulate policies and practices that balance compliance obligations with practical considerations.