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Global Employee Monitoring Toolkit
Practical Law Toolkit w-016-1769 (Approx. 7 pages)
Global Employee Monitoring Toolkit
by Practical Law Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
| Maintained • ExpandCanada (Common Law), England, Federal (Canada)...Germany, Hong Kong - PRC, India, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Wales |
This Toolkit includes a global overview of employee monitoring requirements under non-US data protection laws and country-specific resources addressing data protection law compliance when conducting workplace monitoring.
Employers that collect personal data during employee monitoring have obligations under data protection and other laws when handling that data. The legal frameworks and rules governing personal data vary by jurisdiction.
Among other things, different jurisdictions have varying requirements relating to:
- Identifying a legal basis for data processing.
- Providing employees with a privacy or monitoring notice.
- Obtaining employee consent.
- Transferring personal data to third parties and cross border.
- Personal use of employer systems.
- Using CCTV monitoring in the workplace.
For an overview of these and other issues across multiple regions, see Practice Note, Global Issues in Employee Data Privacy: Overview.
This Toolkit includes country-specific Practice Notes that discuss these and other compliance issues that employers face when conducting employee monitoring in different jurisdictions.
For more on addressing employee monitoring and other issues under US law, see Employee Privacy Compliance Toolkit.