Hungary – decision issued on employee monitoring

DAC Beachcroft LLP writes:

The Hungarian data protection authority (NAIH) has recently issued a decision on workplace surveillance of employees (Decision)…. The main findings of the Decision were:

• Employee monitoring for the purpose of increasing work intensity and work quality would be unlawful;
  • Only the minimum necessary data should be recorded;
  • Recording can only take place if the commission of a crime is a real possibility;
  • A privacy notice must be in place;
  • Set data retention periods must be complied with; and
  • Employees must be able to review the footage.

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