Data Privacy And Former Employees' Email Accounts In Slovakia

The Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic (DPA) has now dealt with the issue of employers keeping access to a former employee's email account, twice. The first case concerned a private sector employer; the second an employer from the public sector. What were the DPA's conclusions, and what were the consequences for the GDPR violations?

The private sector case

The proceedings were initiated by a former manager who objected that the employer had not deactivated his email account after termination of his employment and that it was still active and monitored by another manager within the company.