Comment: Active Identification Badges, Privacy in the Workplace, and a Chip on the Old Block: Opening Pandora's Box

Bruce A. Grabow

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DOI: 10.2190/ARFJ-Q8QF-4VTU-NWCY

Abstract

Workplace privacy litigation has blossomed in recent years. The list of intrusive areas has grown so much that there is no shortage of work for the labor law attorney. New technology has developed an "active badge system" that has the potential to be the greatest threat to employee privacy to date. If active badges become commonplace, then new heights of litigation can be expected. This article explores the privacy implications that active badges may impose.

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