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”.
Incidents such as those at Morrisons and Butlin's show that employees can be a significant risk in terms cyber security. What can HR do to reduce the threat?
A recent ECJ case means employers will need to more closely track employee time at work. But when does concern over employees' wellbeing turn into spying on them?
DNA testing for ancestry and medical insights has become increasingly popular as the technology matures, but what impact could it have on talent development at work?
This weekend marks a year since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation. Tim Bird examines how worrying gaps...
How financial firms need to navigate the major data privacy implications of criminal records checks made necessary by the Senior Managers and Certification Regime
Uber drivers are threatening to take legal action over claims the company has refused to disclose the personal data it...
This month (May) is the first anniversary of the arrival of GDPR, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation. Dr...
As Morrisons is granted permission to appeal its vicarious liability case, where a rogue employee leaked its employees’ personal data,...
Even if an employer is confident that theft or other offences are taking place in the workplace there are plenty of factors to consider before surveillance cameras are installed.
Morrisons has been granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court after it was held vicariously liable for a major...
If a witness in a disciplinary procedure wishes to remain anonymous, how can the employer balance their privacy against the...
Ninety-five per cent of employers have not analysed their ethnicity pay gap, with many lacking the data that will enable...
This week’s Court of Appeal decision that Morrisons was vicariously liable for a serious data breach by a disgruntled employee...
The Court of Appeal has upheld the judgment finding Morrisons vicariously liable for the leak of payroll data by a...
The class action case against Morrisons by staff who had their payroll data leaked online by a disgruntled employee has...
