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Coronavirus: Your workplace questions

Steve Bridger

At this difficult time, we'd like to offer people managers (and others) who are not CIPD Members an opportunity to ask questions about their specific workplace challenges.

We hope that collectively, the Community will feel able to chip in with guidance and signpost support and resources where these exist.

Thank you. 

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  • Hi, I have a question in regards to personal data. My workplace is conducting weekly covid checks due to the nature of the work. During the testing process employees have their address, date of birth and mobile number checked by the admin person (they read it out loud and ask you to confirm). However, due to the weather they have now allowed a few people to wait in the same room. Their is a privacy screen to stop the person being tested being seen by colleagues, however they are not sound proof and you can hear personal data being shared. What are peoples thoughts on this in relation to GDPR, confidentiality etc?
  • in reply to Robyn
    This isn't a secure way to discuss sensitive or ordinary personal data, and so a different method should be used with a simple risk assessment to identify the issue and find a resolution (this is required under GDPR when processing special category data). GP surgeries have been fined for similar breaches in the past, so there are already lessons to be learned on this pre-GDPR.
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  • in reply to Robyn
    This isn't a secure way to discuss sensitive or ordinary personal data, and so a different method should be used with a simple risk assessment to identify the issue and find a resolution (this is required under GDPR when processing special category data). GP surgeries have been fined for similar breaches in the past, so there are already lessons to be learned on this pre-GDPR.
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