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There is a balancing act between the employee's rights to privacy and the employer's rights to manage the employment relationship. Such monitoring would also involve processing data where individuals can be identified.

In a world where data has become more valuable than oil, the importance of data protection and privacy cannot be overstated. Employees and individuals have the right to access personal information organisations hold about them.

After a failed attempt to revitalise data protection law with an initial bill laid before Parliament last summer, The Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill was introduced by UK government in March of this year.

Whilst many organisations have published Privacy Standards and Data Protection Policies to ensure compliance regarding clients and third parties on use of personal data, they often overlook implementing or updating similar policies covering employees or workers.