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Hong Kong: Data Access Request or Pre-Action Discovery in Disguise?
Australia: biometric data, the Privacy Act, and the employee records exemption
Compliance Check: China - changes to how employers handle personal data
UK: DSAR ruling confirms that descriptions of the purposes of processing and recipients of personal data can be general, but actual identity of sources must be provided
France: Recent and Upcoming Labour Reforms
UK: revised Code on right to work checks, consultation on national minimum wage rules, age discrimination guide
The Home Office has published a revised Code of Practice on preventing illegal working, which reflects the ability for employers to check certain …
EU: draft guidelines on GDPR extra-territoriality published
On 23 November 2018, the European Data Protection Board published its draft guidelines on Article 3 of the GDPR, being the provision that sets out …
UK: new resources on criminal record checks, mental health and dyslexia
Unlock has published new guidance for employers on criminal record checks, to which the ICO has contributed. The guidance states that checks at the …
UK: first enforcement notice under GDPR shows extra-territorial reach
The UK data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has issued its first enforcement notice under the General Data Protection …
UK: Court of Appeal upholds employer vicarious liability for employee data breach and serious assault
The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court decision in Morrisons Supermarkets Plc v Various Claimants that an employer can be vicariously liable …
UK: Government's white paper on future relationship and technical notes in the event of a Brexit no-deal
Over the summer the Government published its white paper on the future UK-EU relationship post transitional period, covering a wide range of issues …
APAC: Background Checks
This month, we consider whether employers can conduct background checks by way of social media/internet searches on prospective employees, focussing on …
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