The ICO says its consultation ‘Consultation on the monitoring at work draft guidance’ aims to provide practical guidance about monitoring workers in accordance with data protection legislation and to promote good practice’. The guidance comprehensively covers principles such as transparency, fairness and accountability, and practicalities such as call monitoring, biometrics, covert monitoring and monitoring of devices and dash cams. It deals particularly with monitoring activities that became more common during COVID-19 because of the increase in remote working. When approved, it will replace the ICO’s 2011 guidance.
The ICO says it also intends to produce additional practical tools such as checklists to go alongside the guidance in due course.
The consultation is the first of a series, covering a range of employment practices.
It closes on 11 January 2023.
Operative date
- Now
Recommendation
- Check out the draft guidance on the ICO website, and monitor the website for news of the additional tools the ICO plans to produce.
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