Governance Briefing — UK ICO publishes guidance on lawful employee monitoring
On 3 October 2023 the UK Information Commissioner’s Office released guidance on monitoring workers, stressing transparency, necessity, and data minimization for CCTV, keystroke logging, and productivity analytics.
The Information Commissioner’s Office issued workplace monitoring guidance on 3 October 2023. The ICO emphasizes transparency notices, data minimisation, and proportionality assessments before deploying CCTV, keystroke logging, GPS tracking, or productivity analytics, warning that covert monitoring must be strictly limited.
HR and security teams should review monitoring policies, conduct data protection impact assessments, and ensure retention schedules and access controls align with UK GDPR and employment law expectations.
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