2016

According to psychologist Dr. Nicole Lee, a wellness approach is much more effective at reducing alcohol and drug use than testing in the workplace because it can pick up on other factors that may affect a person's ability to work, such as stress, anxiety, depression, health problems and fatigue. Being aware of workplace difficulties like insufficient training, poor job security and inadequate equipment is important, too, since these can lead to substance abuse problems. Better results have been noted after developing and implementing a comprehensive approach to health and wellbeing, rather than the traditional drug testing policy, Lee said.

"China 's State Administration of Industry and Commerce has released for public comment a draft regulation implementing recent amendments to a consumer protection law that would supplement existing privacy obligations for businesses operating in China. Some of the new modified requirements include the fact that collection of consumer personal information by a business operator would need to be related to its business operations, business operators would need to retain for at least five years proof that they fulfilled their obligations to inform and obtain consent from consumers, and business operators would be prohibited from ""tampering with or destroying"" consumer personal information."

"In what may be the first sector specific law on privacy, the health ministry has roped in the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, to draft a law guaranteeing right to privacy and confidentiality of medical information. The law � tentatively called the Healthcare Data Privacy and Security Act � will devise a comprehensive legal framework for protection of individual health data and its standardisation, and identify the ""ownership"" of that data through the establishment of a national e-health authority and health information exchanges."