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We Get Privacy — Episode 16: Unseen Risks — Smart Glasses and Wearable Tech in the Workplace
As AI-powered smart glasses and related emerging tech blur the line between everyday activity and constant data collection, organizations face growing privacy, security and compliance risks. In this episode, Jackson Lewis Privacy, AI and Cybersecurity co-leaders Damon Silver and Joe Lazzarotti clarify what these technologies are, why they’re raising red flags across industries, and how employers should respond.
Drafting a GDPR -compliant Data Processing Agreement
Service providers often receive or access a customer’s personal information when performing contracted services. In the employment context, service providers may include payroll processors, Human Resource Information System (HRIS) or Applicant Tracking System (ATS) platforms, outsourced IT support, data storage, AI tool providers, or security services. Under the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulations…
Laptops at the Ballpark: Concerns for Employers Managing Remote Workers
Baseball is often referred to as “America’s pastime,” but for some baseball fans, it may double as worktime. While employers have long known that workers occasionally play hooky to attend afternoon ballgames, viral videos and photos now show employees openly using laptops in the stands, raising legal and compliance questions
Recent Insights on Website Tracking Litigation
If 2025 was the year website-tracking claims became impossible to ignore, 2026 is the year those cases began to mature. Courts are looking beyond whether a pixel, cookie, chat tool, or session-replay script was present on a site. Instead, they are focusing more closely on what data was collected, when it was collected, what disclosures…
Moving Beyond Checkbox Diligence with SOC Reports
Escalating vendor cyber risk, tighter regulatory expectations and fast-moving AI-driven threats increasingly make checkbox diligence insufficient. In this episode, 360 Advanced’s Director of Compliance Strategy, Eric Ratcliffe, joins co-hosts Damon Silver and Joe Lazzarotti to discuss system and organizational control framework reports and how businesses can use them to address critical gaps and make vendor assessments.
Dashcams: There’s More Risk to Manage Than You’d Expect
In recent years, many organizations have installed dashcams in their vehicles to improve safety and compliance, reduce costs, and better understand what’s happening in the field. Dashcams can be extremely useful for these purposes, giving organizations visibility into risky driver behaviors and misuse of company property. They can also lower insurance costs and provide valuable…
AI Meeting Assistants and Biometric Privacy: Governance Lessons from the Fireflies.AI Lawsuit
A putative class action filed in December 2025 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois offers a reminder that AI meeting assistant and transcription tools potentially carry significant legal exposure when organizations deploy them without appropriate governance guardrails in place. It also serves as a reminder to apply strong governance principles…
New Surveillance Tools in Retail Stores Pose Legal Risks
As the rate of retail thefts has increased in recent years, retailers have turned to more sophisticated technologies to prevent crime. The newer surveillance tools may implicate privacy laws, depending on the state and the circumstances.
The Hidden Legal Minefield: Compliance Concerns with AI Smart Glasses, Part 4: Data Security, Breach Notification, and Third-Party AI Processing Risks
As we have discussed in prior posts, AI-enabled smart glasses are rapidly evolving from niche wearables into powerful tools with broad workplace appeal — but their innovative capabilities bring equally significant legal and privacy concerns. In this Part 4, we consider the potentially vast amount of personal and other confidential data that may be collected,…
The Hidden Legal Minefield: Compliance Concerns with AI Smart Glasses, Part 3 –Privacy, Surveillance, and Labor Law Violations
As we have discussed in prior posts, AI-enabled smart glasses are rapidly evolving from niche wearables into powerful tools with broad workplace appeal — but their innovative capabilities bring equally significant legal and privacy concerns. In Part 1, we addressed compliance issues that arise when these wearables collect biometric information. In Part 2, we covered…
We Get Privacy for Work — Episode 13: Demystifying Data Mining
When an organization’s data systems are compromised, they face the daunting challenge of sorting through mountains of sensitive data under intense regulatory pressure. In this episode of We Get Privacy for Work, hosts Joe Lazzarotti and Damon Silver are joined by Matt Morocco, Director and Cyber Practice Lead at Consilio, to break down the real-world complexities of data mining after a breach. Together, they discuss why data mining is essential and how organizations can streamline the process for faster, smarter incident response.
Think Before You Click: Employers Could Violate Federal Law by Reading Employee Emails
The federal Stored Communications Act (SCA) protects the privacy of personal emails and social media accounts that employees may access with company-owned devices. It provides for both civil and potentially criminal penalties for violations.
We get Privacy for work — Episode 12: Managing Competing Priorities: Data Breach Notification Laws and Trade Secrets
In the event of the disclosure of business trade secrets, organizations are often so overwhelmed that they overlook potential data breach notification requirements. The potential exposure of trade secrets is increasingly becoming intertwined with the release of legally protected personal information, and it is incumbent on organizations to thoroughly respond to incidents.
Medical Debt in Credit Reports: What Employers Need to Know Amid Legal Shifts
With health care costs rising, recent legal developments have altered how medical debt shows up on credit reports that employers conduct on job applicants and employees. Employers may want to stay abreast of the changing legal landscape and exercise caution in how they use information about medical debt in making