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Data Protection implications of an employee being suspected of involvement in a serious offence

by Anna Denton | Sep 16, 2020 | Criminal Records Data, Data Protection, GDPR

A recent case hit the High Court involving an employee in relation to her conduct which may have involved a criminal offence.   She was arrested but was not charged.  The employer was HMRC but the principles will be of wider applicability. The...

Data Subject Access Requests (DSARS)

by Anna Denton | Feb 20, 2020 | data subject access requests, GDPR

The Information Commissioner’s Office has amended its GDPR guidance in relation to the timescale for complying with Data Subject Access Requests, when you request clarification from the data subject.  The old guidance suggested that you could wait until you...

Using another employees email inbox

by Anna Denton | Jun 27, 2019 | Data Protection, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Workplace

There may be lots of good reasons why you need to access someone else’s in box. They may have left your organisation and you may be monitoring their emails in order to deal with correspondence sent in the ordinary course of what your organisation does, they may...

What happens when you’re considering the Data Protection legislation and you feel like you’ve gone down the rabbit hole and landed in Wonderland?

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...

An ex-employee who has left us recently has asked for all of their health-related data to be erased, using the new right to erasure under the GDPR. Can we do this?

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...

GDPR and criminal records questions in your application forms

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...
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