The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is the UK's independent data protection authority. It publishes detailed guidance on workplace monitoring, employee data, DPAs and other employer obligations.
The Information Commissioner's Office is the UK's independent regulator for data protection, freedom of information and electronic communications. It enforces UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 and can impose fines up to £17.5 million or 4 percent of global turnover.
Key principles: be transparent, have a clear lawful basis, ensure proportionality, conduct a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) for high-risk activities, give workers meaningful choice where possible. teamly's read receipts and analytics are explicitly built around these rules.
Publish a clear privacy notice for staff, document the lawful basis for each processing activity, run a DPIA before launch, consult worker representatives where applicable, and review the policy regularly.
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