On 3 April 2019, the President of Poland signed the Act of 21
February 2019 on amending certain acts in connection with ensuring
the application of the GDPR (the "Act").
The Act amends over 150 sectoral acts, including the Tax Ordinance,
the Public Procurement Law, the Investment Funds Act, the Payment
Services Act and the Telecommunications Law. However, some of the
most noticeable changes were introduced to the Labour Code and to
the Banking Law.
Amendments to the Labour Code
Pursuant to the amendment of the Labour Code, employers are now
entitled to ask a job applicant, in particular, about his/her
contact details. However, the applicant may decide what details
he/she will provide. The residential address may be requested only
from an employee. Data of applicants/employees can also be
processed based on their consent. Failure to provide consent to
data processing or the revocation of given consent can not be used
as a basis for any adverse treatment and can not
