The Data Protection Act 1998 requires that employers follow various data protection principles when handling employees’ personal data.
An employee has the right to request access information kept about him or her by the employer, including personnel files, sickness records, disciplinary or training records, appraisal or performance review notes, and emails or documents in which the employee is the focus. Such requests are known as “data subject access requests”.
The number of reported breaches relating to employees’ data is at the highest level since at least 2019 when 3,010 breaches were reported to the Information Commissioner's Office.
Health secretary Wes Streeting has called a decision by the General Medical Council to erase the disciplinary record of doctors who have changed gender ‘extremely concerning’.
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LinkedIn has been accused in the US of sharing users’ private messages with other companies to train artificial intelligence models.
Food delivery platforms facing calls for greater transparency around the apps they use to manage couriers’ work processes and pay.
The EU AI Act is due to come into force in February, and will impact any company that develops or deploys large language model tools in the EU.
The European Union's AI Act yesterday came into force – the first steps in establishing a regulatory and legal framework for the use of AI systems within Europe.
ICO received more than 15,300 complaints last year over organisations’ failure to comply with data subject access requests (DSARs).
A data breach at the BBC may have seen identifying details, including NI numbers, of 25,000 staff exposed.
Police Service of Northern Ireland faces £750,000 fine for data breach described as ‘perfect storm of risk and harm’ by the ICO.
Reports of employee data breaches increased by 41% in 2023, reaching a five-year high, according to the ICO.
A Ministry of Defence hack has led to the personal details of some current and former staff being exposed.
Thousands of police officers and staff have commenced legal action against the Police Service of Northern Ireland following a data breach.
Manchester United accidentally sent out personal HR details of 167 casual workers, who are now seeking compensation.
