Amid COVID-19 Data Risks, Protect Your Employees with Privacy Benefits

In the fight to flatten the curve of the novel coronavirus, our personal privacy has taken a hit. The Wall Street Journal reports that government officials across the United States are using cell-phone location data to track our movements and how we may be affecting the spread of the coronavirus. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with a data-mining company to model the virus outbreak, the WSJ also reports. While the need to use personal data in our extreme circumstances is certainly understandable, an important question remains: What will these companies and the government do with our information once the pandemic passes?

And now that most of us are working from home, the pandemic has also heightened “pre-existing” privacy concerns from evolving technologies such as AI-powered smart speakers like Amazon Echo and Apple HomePod. Employees of these companies listen to and review the sound clips that these devices collect. Apple contractors who analyzed the data to improve its artificial intelligence reported hearing couples having sex or conversations about confidential medical information.

Protecting Employee Privacy During and After the COVID-19 Crisis

We predicted back January that privacy wouldn’t get easier in 2020, and these headlines prove this to be the case. From mobile scams such as text- or voice-based phishing to e-skimming to criminal use of AI, your employees face significant and very real privacy risks.

With the high-tech revolution and the uncertain times in which we live, benefits advisors, employers, and their employees have a growing concern around privacy risks and must become more vigilant about cybersecurity and data protection.

Join us Thursday, April 9th at 2 p.m. EDT/11 a.m. PDT for a complimentary webcast, Privacy Benefits—The New Frontier for Employee Benefits. Listen as top benefits experts examine emerging trends and challenges in cybersecurity and data protection.

You will learn how:

• To prepare and protect important data and information for brokers, employers, and their employees.
• Emerging technologies like AI and machine learning are creating both opportunities and challenges.
• Your employer clients can create policies and standards to minimize privacy risks from the latest threats.
• To remain compliant and vet new technologies and employee benefits.

Nobody knows what the future will hold, but one thing is certain—data privacy risks will only increase. Employers and brokers can bring workers peace of mind with identity and privacy protection employee benefits that help them stay ahead of the latest emerging privacy and identity threats.