Data protection and monitoring An LRD guide to privacy at work (April 2024)

Chapter 1

1. The legal framework

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There is no legislation that explicitly covers monitoring at work. Instead, there are areas of law that provide some regulation of monitoring practices, which are explained in this chapter:

• data protection;

• human rights;

• duty of mutual trust and confidence;

• health and safety; and

• equality.


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