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 Government and the CIPD are collaborating in a fresh drive to tackle the threat of cyber security in the...
According to a recent survey from HR solutions company Sierra-Cedar, 2015 was the year in which Software as a Service...
Wearable technology, such as Google Glass, Fitbit, Jawbone and Apple Watch, can collect, analyse and share information about the wearer...
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Eleanor Gelder looks at surrogate mothers and their right to maternity leave, dismissals following post-maternity leave absence and what constitutes personal data...
In DLA Piper’s case of the week, the High Court required a former employee to hand over the details of...
Vestergaard Frandsen v Bestnet Europe and othersIn DLA Piper’s case of the week, Vestergaard Frandsen v Bestnet Europe and others,...
Allowing staff to provide their own smartphones and tablets can raise important data protection issues as well as have business...
The European Commission has published its proposal for a new data protection law in what is widely regarded as the...
Can an unsuccessful job applicant demand that the prospective employer provide him or her with documents about the successful applicant?...
Organisations with more than 250 employees will have to designate a data protection officer to ensure that they deal with...
Employers will choose to monitor their employees for a variety of reasons, for example to safeguard their employees, to protect...
