{"id":1688,"date":"2021-02-15T21:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T15:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.complianceprime.com\/blog\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2021-02-15T21:00:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T15:30:37","slug":"balancing-employee-privacy-and-health-post-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.complianceprime.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/15\/balancing-employee-privacy-and-health-post-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Balancing Employee Privacy and Health Post COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Employee privacy and health is a sleeping giant in the post COVID-19 pandemic. The global workforce is concerned about their jobs and health. The organizations are cooperating with health-screening and tracking measures in the workplace for the employees. The government has issued more than sixty directives for data privacy while responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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But how can organizations provide a safe workplace to their employees in a defensible way to privacy regulators? The Privacy impact assessments (PIAs) are a solution to this as it shows how organizations can evaluate employee privacy employing several common use cases found in the mobilizing, stabilize, and strategize phases of the COVID-19 crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mobilizing<\/span><\/h2>\n

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During the mobilization phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of employees shifted to the remote working model. Organizations were unaware and unprepared regarding a lot of things about the COVID-19 pandemic. This thing was clear from the way organizations initially assessed workers who were a risk to others and informed the workers who may have been put at risk. The organizations verified the transition status of the employees and received the first reports of testing for COVID-19.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The COVID-19 privacy guidance published by the regulators identifies key components that the organizations need to look for in the future for the pandemic-response procedures. The procedure includes:<\/span><\/p>\n