Kwabena A. Appenteng

Kwabena A. Appenteng counsels employers on a range of day-to-day employment issues with a focus on workplace privacy issues, including:

• Biometric data privacy issues
• Responding to security breaches
• State data protection laws
• 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
• Workplace searches
• Location tracking and use of GPS-enabled devices
• Background checks
• The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
• The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• The European Union Data Protection Directive
• The European General Data Protection Regulation
• Cross-border transfers of human resources data

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.

Kwabena is also experienced in representing clients in unfair competition and trade secret litigation, and regularly defends clients in employment discrimination actions in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies.

A frequent writer on privacy, social media, and unfair competition topics, Kwabena has been published in a variety of publications including Law360, Inside Counsel Magazine, and SHRM, and routinely speaks on employment related issues.

Prior to joining Littler, Kwabena was an associate in the Chicago office of another international labor and employment law firm. During law school, he served as an extern for the Hon. P. Scott Neville Jr. of the Illinois Appellate Court.