EmployeeNow, a company with customers in all 50 states, prov…
EmployeeNow, a company with customers in all 50 states, provides services to both individuals seeking jobs and employers looking for new employees. EmployeeNow holds data found on job seekers’ resumes and collects information from the social media posts of job seekers registered with the company. Max Mueller, the CEO of EmployeeNow, knows that the company is subject to state data breach notification laws and is aware that the approach to privacy used by the company was developed around the definition of personal information in these laws. Max is concerned that the company could be subject to the new state comprehensive privacy laws and is not familiar with the definition of personal information in these laws. Max asks the company’s Chief Privacy Officer to review the company’s policies and procedures in light of the passage of the numerous state comprehensive privacy laws. Concerning the regulation of personal information in these two types of laws, the Chief Privacy Officer is likely to report back to Max that: