Kwabena A. Appenteng

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.