Part 1 of the Information Commissioner's long-awaited "Employment Practices Data Protection Code" has this morning been posted on her website (www.dataprotection.gov.uk - see Guidance and other publications, under Codes of Practice). The Commissioner has stated that this is a "pre-publication version" of Part 1, as the four parts of the Code will not be formally published until all are complete; however, the Commissioner says that she does not intend to change the substantive content from that published on the website.
The Code sets out the Commissioner's recommendations as to how data protection law can be met in the areas of recruitment and selection, in particular:
