The Importance and Key Components of A Data Privacy Policy In The Workplace
Published on: 04/11/2020
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Leeanne Armstrong Managing Associate, Lewis Silkin (NI) LLP
Leeanne Armstrong Managing Associate, Lewis Silkin (NI) LLP
Leeanne Armstrong 1 CROP

Leeanne has extensive experience advising a range of regional, national, and international employer clients on various contentious and non-contentious employment law issues. She is dual qualified and practises in both Northern Ireland and England & Wales.

She assists HR, management, and in-house legal teams with a range of day-to-day employee relations issues, such as poor performance, ill health, disciplinary matters, and grievances. She also provides advice and guidance to clients on redundancy exercises, contract and policy reviews, senior employee exits, and the transfer of employees under TUPE.

Data protection is the process of ensuring the personal data of individuals is suitably protected from compromise or loss. The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), effective from 25 May 2018, requires employers to notify data subjects about their personal data handling practices through a privacy notice. It should inform data subjects about how the organisation collects, store, uses, transfers and secures their personal data.

The financial and reputational consequences of a data breach are made evident in the media on a regular basis. Infringements of the GDPR carry penalties of up to EUR20 million or 4% of global turnover for the most serious derogations from data protection principles and individual rights.

Since the introduction of the

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