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Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak to the IASA Northeastern Conference on a favorite topic of mine of late — Privacy and Data Breaches in the workplace. Of course, that sounds kinda of boring. So my presentation is actually called the title of this post: “The Rise of Smartphone Fueled, Social Media Addicted Workplace Zombies.” Much catchier right? Speaking before the Insurance Accounting & Systems Association (IASA) Northeastern Chapter at their 54th Annual Regional Conference was great fun though. In my talk, I highlighted items like Business E-mail Compromise scams, Ransomware, and yes, even workplace zombies. What do I mean by that? Well, too many of us (including me at times) stare at our phones and sometimes respond to e-mails or click without thinking.  (Think Before You Click would make the name of a good book; fortunately, I wrote a chapter in that very book a while back.) Protecting workplace data IS about thinking. It’s about protecting ...

Back in 2016 we commented on the increasing breadth of the vicarious liability concept as seen in a claim against supermarket chain Morrisons [here].  The store was held liable to a customer who was violently assaulted by one of its petrol station attendants in direct contravention of the criminal law, his training and all reasonable principles of putting the customer first.  Last year the High Court extended it even further in a decision which made difficult reading for employers and their insurers. Various Claimants –v- William Morrisons Supermarket plc concerned the actions of one Andrew Skelton, formerly a senior IT analyst there but currently doing eight years for the conduct giving rise to this claim.  In mid-2013 Skelton received a formal warning which he considered undeserved.  He took this quite extraordinarily personally and some months later exacted his revenge on his employer.  He waited until very shortly before Morrisons’ annual financ...