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”.
Little time is spent training staff on the use of e-mail, but the legal implications can be immense. Ross Bentley reports
Ross Wigham reports on the latest legislation to divide the HR profession
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A blob of ketchup followed by an exchange of e-mails has provided a host of problems for one City law firm. James Elwes looks at what the law says about employers clamping down on e-mail abuse.
HR professionals are still confused about their obligations under the Data Protection Act (DPA), according to the assistant information commissioner.Speaking...
Michael Millar examines just how careful companies need to be when monitoring the activities of those in their supply chain if they want to protect their own corporate reputation
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Technology providers can help HR stay on top of data protection legislation. Simon Kent reports
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Gaela Bailey and Jonathan Fitzgibbons outline the key steps to understanding privacy laws and protecting employee data
Personal information for 600,000 current and former Time Warner employees has been lost, the company has said. The media giant...
Organised crime gangs are developing sophisticated 'phishing' - fake e-mail - attacks against businesses to try to steal passwords and sensitive information, experts have warned.
Social attitudes have changed considerably since the European Court imposed the first employment protection for transsexual people, which came into effect in UK law in 1999. Yet many 'trans' people continue to experience problems in their places of work, writes Stephen Whittle.
UK businesses are facing direct losses of at least £2.4bn a year to computer criminals, according to research from the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit.
Corporate data has never been so insecure and the ease with which it can now be removed from your office...
