Data protection- new guide

A new guide to data protection issues for employers has been included in our Knowledge section.

Many people will recall that in 2018 there was a significant update to the legislative regime governing data protection in this country and across the EU, with the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In fact, the new regulation did not mark a massive step away from the old data protection law and practices that had been in place. However, the attention created by the potential for fines of up to €20m or 4% of a business’ global turnover, at least served to ensure that people became far more aware of issues concerning data protection, and how businesses collected, used and stored or ‘processed’ personal data. Since then, the original version of the GDPR has been incorporated into domestic law by the Data Protection Act 2018 and, more recently, the ‘UK GDPR’, which effectively replicates its European counterpart. Our new guide summarises the most pertinent points and principles from that legislation, which employers should consider when dealing with issues of data protection.