UK ICO Employment Practices and Data Protection: Monitoring Workers (2023)
Data protection and monitoring workers – UK ICO Employment Practices and Data Protection: Monitoring Workers (2023)

UK ICO Employment Practices and Data Protection: Monitoring Workers (2023) 1.19(a): 1.19(a) Covert monitoring only exceptionally, for suspected crime or gross misconduct, authorised by senior management after a DPIA

Covert monitoring, designed so workers do not know it happens, is unlikely to be justified in usual circumstances; it may be justified exceptionally where it is needed to stop or uncover suspected crime or gross misconduct. Policies should say which behaviours are unacceptable and when covert monitoring may occur; it should be authorised only by senior management, the employer must carry out a DPIA, and it should be satisfied there are grounds for suspicion and that telling workers would prejudice prevention or detection. Every decision should be justifiable.

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