GDPR in Employment - What Counts as Personal Data?

Introduction

Employee data is everywhere - in emails, WhatsApp messages, performance notes and recruitment files. Sooner or later, someone asks the question that stops you in your tracks:

‘Can we actually do that under GDPR?’

This short webinar will provide the practical tips you need to handle staff data safely, lawfully, and efficiently.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• What counts as personal data and special category data?
• The surprising types of information that fall under GDPR
• Lawful bases for processing
• Why ‘consent’ is rarely right and what lawful basis works better
• Subject access requests (DSARs)
• How to handle complex or sensitive requests without oversharing
• Retention and deletion
• How long you can keep HR records and what to do when time’s up
• Monitoring and surveillance
• Managing CCTV, email checks, and remote work tools lawfully
• Recruitment and references
• Ensuring transparency and fairness from application to onboarding
• Data breaches
• How to react fast and decide if you need to notify the ICO
• International data transfers
• Staying compliant when HR systems or suppliers sit outside the UK
• Proving compliance
• The documentation, policies and training that keep you covered

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Monday 13th July 2026

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