Crash course in employee data protection

Legal basis

• General right of personality.
• Structure and organization of GDPR and BDSG.
• Basic principles of data protection law.

Application procedure

• AI-supported applicant selection.
• Retention and deletion of applicant data.
• Background checks.
• E-Recruiting.
• Aptitude tests.
• Right of the employer to ask questions.

Employee data protection in everyday working life

• (Electronic) personnel file.
• Processing of employee data.
• Consent.
• Information obligations and rights.
• Data protection concept for the HR area.
• Order processing.
• Risk control.
• Data exchange within the Group.
• Transfer of employee data to third countries.
• Legal consequences of data protection mishaps and breaches.
• Effects of employee data protection in the event of dismissals. 

Employee monitoring

• Analysis of employee data.
• E-mail/Internet control.
• Telephone monitoring.
• GPS tracking.
• Video surveillance.
• Working time recording.
• Access, bag and gate controls.

Rights of the works council

• Role and status of the works council in (employeedata privacy.
• Co-determination rights of the works council.
• Information and control rights of the works council. 
• Shaping data privacy through company agreements.
• Tasks and duties of the works council in data privacy.