"Data Dilemmas," InsideCounsel

In this Inside Counsel article covering the roundtable hosted by Littler's Phil Gordon, best practices on data protection and privacy crisis managment are shared. Gordon notes that, "the cost can be astonishing," and moderates discussion on the bottom line. "You can be sure that if a laptop from the HR department is lost with the database of payroll information and Social Security numbers, your employees will need to spend time protecting themselves," Gordon says. "And they are going to spend that time between 9 and 5, Monday through Friday. It will be on your nickel that they clean up these potential identity thefts."