When the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was introduced two years ago, it accentuated employee data rights that earlier privacy protection laws ignored. As a result, stringent controls were implemented with respect to the collection and handling of employee data.
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD) quickly followed with equally strict guidelines. In October, the Dubai International Financial Centre s Data Protection Law came into full effect, aimed to govern employee surveillance as well as monitor customer privacy.
Despite the number of nations joining the global privacy movement, the indiscriminate collection of personal data persists… and even increased. In fact, H&M was recently fined a whopping $41 million for illegally surveilling employees in Germany.