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Employment Practices and Data Protection: Monitoring Workers 101

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently published guidance for employers on monitoring workers lawfully, transparently and fairly. The guidance aims to protect workers’ data protection rights and help...more

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European Court Limits Workplace Email Monitoring

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In its recent Grand Chamber judgment, the European Court of Human Rights held that employers can monitor an employee's email only if they provide advance notice. By a vote of 11-6, the Court found that failure to provide such...more

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Barbulescu – Employers' Rights to Access Employees’ Emails/Personal Internet Usage

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The Press has given a lot of coverage to last Tuesday’s European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision in Barbulescu. See Times article, “Employers allowed to look at your private messages”. As often is the case,...more

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In France, Are Employers Entitled To Access Their Employees’ Personals Emails?

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In France, the guiding principle is that emails received or sent by an employee through the employer’s company email account are considered “professional”, which means that the employer can access and read them....more

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