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Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) Employee Privacy Rights

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

ICO Has Concerns Over Facial Recognition Use

Earlier this month the UK privacy office put a stop to several related entities’ use of facial recognition technologies and fingerprint monitors for their employees. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office found that the...more

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Watching Employers Watching their Workers: UK Data Protection Authority Issues Updated Workplace Monitoring Guidance for...

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Over the past few years there has been significant growth in the use of technology for monitoring workers, especially following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Global demand (based on the number of internet searches...more

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In proportion - UK ICO issues draft guidance on information about workers' health

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As part of its project to update the Employment Practices Data Protection Code, the UK ICO has published its second topic-specific draft guidance for consultation. The guidance covers processing information about workers’...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Employment Flash - September 2021

In this issue of UK Employment Flash, we examine the latest employment law developments from the UK, including the law governing the return to the workplace and flexible working requests and a proposal to impose a duty on...more

Dechert LLP

Collecting Vaccination Status Data: The Data Protection Implications for Employers

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In this OnPoint we report on the data protection implications of collecting personal data concerning employees’ vaccination status. Introduction - Employers formulating return to work plans for their employees in accordance...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Reasonable and Pragmatic Approach by UK’s ICO to GDPR Compliance during the COVID-19 Pandemic

On March 12, 2020, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the U.K.’s data protection authority (DPA), published Guidance for data controllers on their data protection compliance obligations during the COVID-19 pandemic....more

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Consent under the General Data Protection Regulation: what are the alternatives for employers?

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The UK's Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has launched a series of blogs designed to “bust some of the myths” which she believes have developed around the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Her first...more

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A Month in UK Employment Law - April 2016

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News & Legislation Update - Gender Pay Gap Reporting Draft Regulations published - The first draft of regulations requiring any employer in the UK with at least 250 employees to publish information about the...more

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