Kwabena A. Appenteng
Pronounced: KWAH-beh-na
Kwabena A. Appenteng counsels employers on a range of workplace privacy and information security issues in both the U.S. and European Union, including:
- The California Consumer Privacy Act
- The European General Data Protection Regulation
- Cross-border transfers of human resources data
- Biometric data privacy issues
- Responding to security breaches
- The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and background checks
- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Social media issues and drafting social media policies
- BYOD programs and electronic resources policies
- Surveillance of employees' electronic communications
- The Federal Wiretap Act
- The Federal Stored Communications Act
- Screening technologies
- Location tracking and use of GPS-enabled devices
- Workplace searches
Kwabena has been certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) as a Certified Information Privacy Professional for the U.S. and Europe (CIPP/US; CIPP/E), which demonstrates his understanding of global concepts of privacy and data protection law and practice, and how these components apply in the workplace.
A frequent writer on privacy topics, Kwabena has been published in a variety of publications including Law360, Inside Counsel Magazine, and Corporate Counsel, and routinely speaks on privacy and information security related issues.