Latest Posts › UK Data Protection Act

Share:

COVID-19 Coronavirus Business Impact: ICO Issues Guidance on Workplace Testing

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently issued guidance for employers on the issues they need to bear in mind when considering the introduction of testing as part of their arrangements for returning staff to the...more

The UK Supreme Court Rules on Vicarious Liability for Acts of Employees

In WM Morrisons Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants the Supreme Court today issued an important judgment clarifying the scope of vicarious liability of employers for the wrongful acts of their employees: Morrisons was found...more

Data Subject Access Requests in the UK: Latest High Court Guidance – Recipients and Sources of Information

A recent High Court decision concerning compliance with a data subject access request considered the basis upon which an individual can require the data controller to provide the names of those in receipt of his or her...more

Complying With a Data Subject Access Request: What Data Controllers Need to Know

A data subject (defined in the GDPR as an identified or identifiable natural person) has a right under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to make a data subject access request (DSAR) to find out what personal data...more

Employee privacy and monitoring

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held in Barbulescu v Romania (Application no. 61496/08) last week that there was a breach of the right to privacy where an employer searched the contents of an...more

Subject Access Requests in the UK - An Update

This OnPoint reports on the Court of Appeal judgment in Dawson-Damer & Ors v Taylor Wessing LLP, handed down on 16 February 2017, which addresses two key aspects of the legislation enabling individuals to lodge subject access...more

Taking "Subject Access Requests" Seriously in the UK

Under section 7 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) employees are entitled to make a data “subject access request” (SAR) in order to obtain copies of the personal data held about them by their employer and certain other...more

No Right to Privacy in the Workplace?

Last week the European Court of Human Rights held in Barbulescu v Romania (Application no. 61496/08) that there was no breach of the right to privacy where an employer searched the contents of an employee's instant messaging...more

UK's Information Commissioner’s Office issues guidance on dealing with requests from individuals for personal information

Dealing with a subject access request (SAR), whether or not the person making the request is an employee, can be very time consuming. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a Code of Practice in August 2013 on...more

9 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide