LRD guides and handbook May 2018

Law at Work 2018

Chapter 5

Data protection 


[ch 5: page 165]

Unions owe important duties as data controllers and data processors under data protection laws. The law changes on 25 May 2018 when the EU General Data Protection Regulation comes into force. See the summary in Chapter 15: Data Protection.

For more detail, see the LRD booklet: The General Data Protection Regulation — a practical guide for trade unionists (www.lrdpublications.org.uk/publications.php?pub=BK&iss=1915).