Kategorie: Personal data protection
Protection of whistleblowers– new obligations for employers
On 1 August 2023, a new Czech Act on Protection of Reporting Persons will come into force introducing institutional protection for reporting persons (whistleblowers) in line with European legislation. The main novelty is the obligation of obliged entities: to implement an internal reporting system, which will usually enable employees- reporting persons to report in a …
Read moreCookies and GDPR: what do you need to know as a website provider?
Cookies are already a very common part of web browsing and the architecture of most modern websites. This is perhaps why the area of cookies and their legal regulation is still evolving, especially about the processing of personal data through them. A fundamental change in this area was brought about by Act No. 374/2021 Coll., on …
Read moreCurrent draft of the bill on the protection of whistleblowers
The topic of whistleblower protection, which has been intensively discussed by Czech society and the professional public, has been resonating for some time now, as well as the new draft law on whistleblower protection, by which the Czech Republic was to implement Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 …
Read moreCamera systems in the workplace and favourable working conditions
The Office for Personal Data Protection (“Office”) investigated a complaint regarding the installation of a camera system for monitoring of employees. The employer assessed the risks of the system in its own way and decided to install functional cameras in permissible places (e.g. entrances to buildings) and to install non-functional cameras (fake cameras) in places …
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