COVID-19: Data protection risks and mitigation strategy

By Kareena Teh, Philip Kwok, Catherine Wong:

Many companies have been monitoring employees’ personal and health data because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Others have been adopting flexible working arrangements to minimize the health risks associated with employees and customers being in close physical contact, resulting in millions of online interactions and transactions taking place. These activities have created additional data security risks that, if not properly managed, could result in breaches and consequential loss of reputation and business, regulatory enforcement actions and litigation. In this article, we set out our recommended approach to managing the additional COVID-19 data security risks.  READ FULL ARTICLE 

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