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) 1.4(b): 1.4(b) Consent is rarely valid for monitoring at work; where used it must be withdrawable without detriment and recorded

Consent must be freely given, which the power imbalance usually rules out, so it is not usually appropriate for employers; it works only where workers truly choose and control whether they are monitored. Where it is used it must be unambiguous with an affirmative act, and the employer must let workers withdraw without detriment as easily as they gave it, and record the date, method and exact scope of each consent.

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