The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): an EPSU Briefing
Reuter, Paul ; Ponce Del Castillo, Aïda ; Scarpiello, Luca ; Clarke, Penny ; Pond, Richard
European Federation of Public Service Unions, Brussels
EPSU - Brussels
2019
37 p.
workers privacy ; data protection ; trade union attitude ; trade union document ; digitalisation
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https://www.epsu.org/sites/default/files/article/files/GDPR_FINAL_EPSU.pdf
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"The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a set of rules designed to give EU citizens more control over their personal data.
Since the entry into force of the new regulation, EPSU has been advocating its use to ensure and promote workers' privacy. Our actions are aimed at ensuring that GDPR compliance does not create additional burdens for workers in applying and implementing data protection policies or lead to a shift of responsibility to them.
For this reason our role as trade unions is fundamental: worker and trade union representatives need to be informed about their rights and responsibilities when they are data collectors and processors and more aware of their rights as data subjects.
The EPSU guide examines the GDPR from three different perspectives: the rights and obligations of workers and its specific application in public administrations. The last part is devoted to how we can ensure compliance with the GDPR in our trade unions and how to manage data."
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