by Anna Denton | May 20, 2019 | GDPR
Any future employer is going to want a reference from us setting out how long we employed the employee for and other information about their job role (even if its limited to that). When we give that reference, we’re ‘processing’ personal data, so we need to comply...
by Anna Denton | Jan 3, 2019 | GDPR
Let’s say that the employee has suffered from work related stress and was prescribed anti-depressants and had informed their employer about this (this will be data relating to special categories or sensitive personal data in old money). They’re now trying to get the...
by Anna Denton | Dec 12, 2018 | GDPR
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued new guidance in conjunction with one of the charities that works with ex-offenders, around the extent to which, employers can ask applicants about their previous criminal records. It needs to be set in the...
by Anna Denton | Nov 14, 2018 | GDPR
The Information Commissioner has issued its first enforcement notice under the GDPR. Unsurprisingly it’s to a company called AggregateIQ Data Services Limited, which is actually a Canadian company in connection with what went on with Cambridge Analytica and...
by Anna Denton | Sep 17, 2018 | GDPR
Where somebody’s photo is being used next to their name on a website (or on the office wall) this will be an act of processing personal data. The photo may also reveal ethnicity or racial origin, somebody’s religious belief, perhaps because they’re wearing a...
by Anna Denton | Jun 11, 2018 | GDPR
Whoever was hoping that I would stop talking about GDPR on 25th May; you’re out of luck! Hopefully you’ve realised there are problems with consent in the employment relationship, in general. A lot of contracts that I see say that the employee will consent to...
