Data protection
Philosophical belief case on right to copyright fails
One day less to respond to DSARs!
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), individuals can request access to the personal data that employers or other organisations […]
Supreme Court grants Morrisons permission to appeal employee data breach
It's getting personal: Potential GDPR breach for employees who check work emails on personal mobiles out of the office
Recent research has revealed that employees who check work emails on their personal phones could be in breach of the […]
GDPR – are your interests legitimate?
Under the GDPR the requirements for consent will be much stricter, particularly in the employment context, where it is generally accepted that the imbalance of power between the employer and employee is likely to invalidate any consent given by the employee.
GDPR: subject access requests – what's new?
Do not be complacent, GDPR is making some subtle but important changes to the well-known system for subject access requests under the Data Protection Act 1998 ……
GDPR deadline looms: Are your immigration data processes compliant?
The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) presents a huge challenge for employers in many data processing scenarios. […]
Three months to go until GDPR comes into force: are you ready?
Has getting to grips with GDPR been lingering on your to-do list for the past year? With only three months […]
Surveillance of employees in the workplace and the Article 8 right to privacy
Advances in technology have made monitoring employees easier than ever before. With the increased use of email, smartphones, laptops, trackers […]
Less than half of businesses prepared for GDPR
According to new research carried out by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sports, less than half of all UK businesses and charities are aware of the changes to UK data protection law under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will come into force on 25 May 2018.
Surveillance at work
The European Court of Human Rights has found that the covert surveillance of an employee at his or her workplace must be considered to be a considerable intrusion into his or her private life. It entails a recorded and reproducible documentation of a person's conduct at his or her workplace, which he or she, being obliged under the employment contract to perform the work in that place, cannot evade.