California employers wrestling with how to control the social media of their staff now have some guidance concerning permitted discipline
of rogue employees.
Thousands of innocent people suffered, and families lost their livelihoods, as a result of the actions of a relatively small number
of rogue employees.
The High Court (Langstaff J) handed down a significant decision holding Morrisons supermarkets vicariously liable for the criminal actions
of a rogue employee who leaked employee personal data on the internet.
The issue was whether the defendant data controller was in principle liable for the actions
of a rogue employee who had, as an act of malice directed at his employer, taken payroll data relating to some 100,000 employees and published it online.
In short, the business is vicariously liable for the actions of these individuals, though perhaps arguable as far as the actions
of a rogue employee / director / partner acting upon their own criminal accord are concerned.
Acting for a leading UAE based fund in relation to US$ 10 million UAE proceedings brought against it, due to the alleged actions
of a rogue employee said to have misappropriated client funds.
Some had speculated that the deactivation was the result
of a rogue employee, but extensive details on what went down were never given.
Not exact matches
Clay Calvert, director
of cybersecurity at IT firm MetroStar Systems, said communication with
employees in a position to turn
rogue is key.
They could include activity on the IT network, email exchanges, and other sources
of data, in order to help companies mitigate insider risk — which could manifest as a
rogue, sloppy, or compromised
employee, for example.
When asked where they believe the biggest risks for insider trading lie, 44 %
of respondents said that they believe it is firms with an attitude
of being untouchable among the top level
of management, compared to 24 %
of people who felt this way in January 2016; 35 % think the biggest risk is
rogue employees, down from 59 %
of respondents; and 21 % think it is the ease
of circumventing company monitoring through work around technologies, such as gaming stations and disposable mobile phones, up from 17 % in 2016.
In response to the governor's comments, a spokeswoman for the comptroller said the crimes were the work
of a «
rogue employee» and that pension fund boards also have had scandals.
In response to the governor's comments, a spokeswoman for the comptroller says the crimes were the work
of a «
rogue employee,» and that pension fund boards have also had scandals.
He's after an
employee who has gone
rogue, and that's the least
of his problems.
«This is a wonderful achievement to share with our
employees and dealer network during the holiday season and is the direct result
of hard work, partnership with our dealers and planning to bring the right cars to Canadians,» says Christian Meunier, president
of Nissan Canada Inc. «This was a particularly exciting year for the Canadian team with the launch
of the Nissan
Rogue and Micra, both very successful in Canada.
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Rogue is being remastered, according to Ubisoft and numerous
of its
employees.
Sometimes they're the result
of hackers and dataminers, other times they're caused by
rogue employees or contractors, and occasionally they just happen by accident.
After all the disingenuous Dimowit finger - pointing at Russia, we now get this:... The Department
of Homeland Security told members
of congress Friday that a
rogue federal
employee may have been responsible for a November hack - attack that targeted the Georgia secretary
of state's system, LifeZette has learned.
«Indeed, under UK employment law when a departing
employee decides to go
rogue and fire off some form
of parting shot there is often little the employer can actually do about it other than apologise to the affected parties and do as Twitter appears to be and «conduct a review» whilst expressing contrition.
What do you have in place in case
of fire or flood, or if a
rogue employee attempts to access the data?
However, I do believe that if the firm could provide the Solicitors Regulation Authority with assurance as to the extent
of laundry listing which had been done in the circumstances I have described, involving multiple potential claims from
rogue partner or
employee X, there would be more prospect
of obtaining cover if a waiver permitted another, rated, insurer to offer cover on terms which excluded claims arising from the activities
of X.
This is the second
of three articles on practical problems caused by
rogue partners and
employees, and looks at how you might discover them.
In the final
of a series
of articles, Frank Maher advises upon how to tackle
rogue partners &
employees
In a second in a series
of articles, Frank Maher advises upon how to discover
rogue partners &
employees
While these measures can not single - handedly stop
rogue employees, contractors, or agents from breaching individuals» personal health information, I believe the province is moving in the right direction by making the act
of doing so more expensive, assuming the police and the attorney general are willing to act decisively, laying charges and actively pursuing and prosecuting these violations.
This was because it recognised the uneasy juxtaposition
of Morrisons being liable to the
employees, with the
rogue employee's action being intended to damage Morrisons, with same Morrisons being liable to the
employees.
Morrisons face having to pay compensation to thousands
of employees, following a recent decision
of the High Court that the UK's fourth largest chain
of supermarkets was vicariously liable for a
rogue employee leaking payroll information online.
Many
of the largest and most damaging cyber breaches have been caused by
rogue or soon - to - be-departing
employees.
But
rogue mobile phones and tablets can pose legal risks to your organization that include security
of data, illegal content, as well as the potential for
employees to be «always on.»
«However, I do believe that if the firm could provide the SRA with assurance as to the extent
of laundry listing which had been done... involving multiple potential claims from
rogue partner or
employee «X», there would be more prospect
of obtaining cover if a waiver permitted another, rated insurer to offer cover on terms which excluded claims arising from the activities
of X.
For example, you could lose your Bitcoin if the exchange were hacked, a
rogue employee stole your private keys, or if the owners
of the exchange took the money and ran.
Defendant sends out tens
of millions
of emails each day worldwide; nobody can be completely clean 100 %
of the time. Obviously, Defendant doesn't oversee their
employees very well, or there wouldn't be so many lawsuits against them. Defendant's own
employees are suing them. However, I don't think Defendant as a company would have done or mandated this;
rogue employees of the Defendant would have though. Defendant is responsible for their
employees actions if they are acting on the company's behalf. Plaintiff can easily find existing or former
employees of Defendant to see if this was standard practice, or not. I bet they can!
As for the
rogue employee theory, this also seems unlikely because it is hard to imagine the average sales person having both advanced computing skills and the familiarity with legalese to draft a paragraph
of boilerplate.
Similarly, Ms. Lane Fox, a British e-commerce pioneer, member
of Parliament and Twitter board member, blamed a «
rogue employee» for a series
of follower purchases spanning more than a year.
Even when seemingly everything has been leaked ahead
of time (damn you
rogue Apple
employee!)