Privacy in the workplace

 

Privacy in the workplace

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Attorney Fulvio Sarzana of the Rome-based law firm Sarzana e Associati comments on the regulations governing smart working and worker protection.

In Italy Labor regulations do not provide for continuous and repeated monitoring of smart workers, which would constitute remote monitoring.

According to digital law expert Fulvio Sarzana, in these cases it would be violated the article 4 of the Statute of the workers relating to audiovisual systems and control instruments.

Furthermore, in Italy, it's important to review the smart working regulations introduced during the coronavirus emergency.

In any case, there is a rule that must be taken into consideration when dealing with digital communication tools.

Specifically, the Regulation general on the Protection of personal data (GDPR) denies any tool that could violate the individual's rights related to his privacy and provides for a series of measures aimed at ensuring full awareness on the part of the worker of what is being implemented.

First of all, to comply with this regulation in smart working it is necessary to guarantee a piece of information adequate of the snapshot of images through your webcam.

Furthermore, workers should be able to refuse their consent to such a system. For these reasons, Sneek remains a possibility for smart working in Italy, but not a certainty.

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Attorney Fulvio Sarzana of the Rome-based law firm Sarzana e Associati comments on the regulations regarding smart working and privacy in the workplace.

In particular, the compatibility of the apps must be checked they snap a snapshot of the smart worker at regular intervals of one to five minutes.

This way, the employer would be able to monitor their employees at pre-established and constant times, also verifying their productivity, with the risk of having access to information that has nothing to do with work performance.