Computer Use Policies – Are Your Company’s Illegal According to the NLRB?
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has continued its assault on businesses and their ability to legitimately protect their computer systems and information against unauthorized non-business use by employees, writes , in Cybersecurity Business Law.
Tuma is a cybersecurity and data protection partner at Scheef & Stone, LLP.
“On May 3, 2016, an NLRB Administrative Law Judge struck down as overbroad a Computer Use Policy in Ceasars Entertainment Corporation d/b/a Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino (NLRB Docket Sheet). The policy, titled Use of Company Systems, Equipment, and Resources, was part of the company handbook and stated that computer resources may not be used to do several things that were listed out and is standard in many similar policies,” he writes in his article.
