Ireland: Data protection considerations in the employment context – Part two
The General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (‘GDPR’) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (‘the Act’) are the main pieces of legislation regarding data protection in Ireland. The Act supplements the GDPR and includes provisions relating to GDPR derogations, as well as establishes the Data Protection Commission (‘DPC’). In part two of this Insight series on data protection considerations in the employment context, Kate Colleary, Founder & Director of Pembroke Privacy Limited, discusses the general requirements regarding the collecting, processing, and retaining of employee data, as well as the requirements regarding employee health data. General requirements Organisations need a