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”.
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With all the hype today regarding data protection, I feel I have to write about what happened to me. A pensioned...
HR directors have dismissed the use of technology to monitor workers’ stress levels as “bonkers”.Technology giant Microsoft announced last month...
Finjan, a leader in secure web gateway products, provides more information on the Crimeware toolkit used on the compromised Web...
Given the recent press speculation about the ‘Spyware’ software favoured by Microsoft in the US, what are the implications of...
Laptops containing sensitive information may no longer be reomoved from any public sector offices.Sir Gus O’Donnell, cabinet secretary, e-mailed civil...
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HR, payroll and financial software company Topaz is promoting the virtues of INVU document management software to recruitment companies following important...
