data protection in the employment context

French Court of Cassation Decides That an Employer Can Use a Facebook Post to Dismiss an Employee

By Kristof Van Quathem & Anna Oberschelp de Meneses on October 21, 2020

Posted in Data Privacy, EU Data Protection, European Union, GDPR, International, Privacy and Data Security, Social Media

On September 30, 2020, the French Court of Cassation (“Court”) ruled in favor of an employer that dismissed an employee because of the contents of a Facebook post (the decision is available here, in French). In particular, the employee in this case posted a photograph of a new clothing…
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German Supervisory Authority (re-)issues guidance on data processing in the employment context

By Inside Privacy on March 20, 2019

Posted in Data Privacy, EU Data Protection, European Union

The Supervisory Authority of Baden-Württemberg (“SA”), Germany, has published a new version of its guidance document on data protection issues in the employment context on March 12, 2019 (available here in German).

The guidance document specifically addresses issues such as the use of e-mail and IT systems by employees, urine…
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