UK ICO issues updated guidance on using biometric data in monitoring workers

Lessons to be learned from the ICO enforcement notice issued to Serco Leisure for unlawfully processing its employees’ biometric data.

What matters

The ICO has released new guidance on monitoring workers using their biometric data, following the issue of an enforcement notice to a company unlawfully processing biometric data of more than 2,000 employees.

What matters next

Employers wanting to implement any monitoring of their employees must review the ICO’s new

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