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Australia: Top 5 tips for employers when implementing GPS devices in company vehicles
GPS tracking devices in company vehicles are becoming increasingly valuable. Businesses can track driver routes, relevant customer locations and details …
UK: Data protection - Why HR needs to know about new EU rules
The government has confirmed that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will harmonise data protection procedures across the European …
UK: Subject access requests - employer's refusal to comply contributed to unfair dismissal
Refusing to comply with a subject access request may contribute to the unfairness of a subsequent dismissal, where the tribunal considers that the …
UK: US Privacy Shield on data transfer approved; employers relying on Safe Harbour should review their position without delay
The European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision approving the Privacy Shield framework for the transfer of personal data to the US, and the …
UK: Measures to protect confidential information from ex-employees
A High Court has ruled that, in the right circumstances, an employer may be able to obtain an order for the destruction of confidential information taken …
UK: Reasonable expectation of privacy may not always apply to private communications
Employers may be able to rely on an employee's private phone communications to justify discipline or dismissal in some cases, as employees will not …
Europe: Developments in EU laws on trade secrets and data protection
The Trade Secrets Directive was passed by the Council of Europe on 27 May 2016. It will come into force 20 days after its publication in the EU …
EU developments: trade secrets and data protection
On 14 April the European Parliament voted to approve the new Trade Secrets Directive aimed at harmonising the definition and protection of trade …
UK: New publications - data transfer, discriminatory adverts, autism, bonus tax avoidance schemes
The Information Commissioner's Office has issued interim guidance following the publication of the proposed EU-US Privacy Shield framework to …
Europe: Developments in EU laws on trade secrets and data protection
The European Parliament and EU Council have agreed the terms of a Trade Secrets Directive that aims to harmonise the definition and protection of trade …
EU: Compromise reached on General Data Protection Regulation
After almost four years of debate, the European Commission, Parliament and Council finally reached political agreement on the proposed General Data …
EU: Data protection - proposed EU-US Privacy Shield
The EU Commission and the US have agreed on a new framework to facilitate the transfer of EU personal data to the US, the EU-US Privacy Shield, following …
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