Fourth Edition: Workplace Data Privacy Update - Ius Laboris

As summer stretches out and daylight lingers, the spotlight on workplace privacy only grows brighter.

This quarterly report focuses on decisions which strengthen data subject rights, reviewing employee monitoring and surveillance practices and enhancing data protection practices.

In Italy, authorities have confirmed that individuals are entitled to copies of their personal data, regardless of existing access, and have penalised a bank for delayed responses to such requests, rejecting Covid-related justifications. Regulators across Europe and Brazil have increased scrutiny of employee monitoring, issuing fines and reprimands for excessive video surveillance in France, geolocation tracking in Belgium, intrusive recruitment personality tests in Brazil, and improper access to private emails in Denmark. In Germany, the use of private investigators in the workplace has received regulatory approval.