ANALYSIS: Employee Data Risk Gets Too Big to Ignore

Despite countless high-profile data breaches, some employers still aren’t doing enough to protect their employees’ data. That’s set to change in 2020. The California Consumer Privacy Act and other state laws will bring more aggressive protection for employee information, forcing employers to take a hard look at the employee data they collect and how they protect it.

States are driving this transformation through two types of laws: those that hold businesses accountable for data breaches and those that give individuals the right to request and control their own data. Although not typically specific to the employment context, these laws can ...