Article by
André Zimmermann,
Christian Schröder and
Laura Becking
Global companies face stricter rules on employee data privacy,
in particular when using social media and internal monitoring
tools. It also now becomes clearer that many EU Member States will
use the opening clause of Art. 88 General Data Protection
Regulation ("GDPR") to re-implement their "old"
data privacy laws.
Use of Social Media And Employee Analysis Tools Under GDPR
Recently, the Article 29 Working Party ("WP29"), the
expert group of European data protection authorities, published its
opinion on the upcoming changes relating to data privacy at the
work place. It explains what employers should do for ensuring
compliance with the GDPR and provides guidelines for the use of
information found on social media platforms – such as
Facebook or LinkedIn and for electronic monitoring of
employees.
