“Organisations need to recognise that an employee data breach carries legal risk similar to the breach of customer data. If an organisation’s response to a data breach is handled incorrectly, employees could file a class action lawsuit.”
Whilst tailored to the American market, What If You Had An Employee Data Breach? is still very relevant in the Australian workforce is the risks associated with a data breach involving employee data.
In many cases the level of information stored by companies about their own employees is very detailed and of a very personal nature.
The article discusses ‘risks associated with employee data loss’ and ‘how organisations can prepare data response plans’.
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