Privacy Management System for the Purpose of Managing Personal Data Protection Challenges Regarding Monitoring of Employees: Hungary Specific Code of Conduct

Abstract

This publication contains the first version of the Hungary specific implementation of the ’Universal code on the protection of personal data acquired through monitoring in employment relationships’ The purpose of the Code is to a) provide requirements for the processing of personal data of employees acquired through monitoring of the activity of employees by technical means; b) define the framework of the privacy management system that enables employers to process personal data compliant with the rules applicable to the employment relationship; c)define the framework of compliance assessment and certification of the privacy management system of the employer against the requirements of the Code. The Code emphasises the concept that properly balanced, personal data protection friendly monitoring of employees can only be achieved and maintained if monitoring related personal data processing is properly regulated, documented and if the effectiveness of the monitoring methods is internally and externally evaluated at regular intervals. The Code has 2 annexes. Annex I contains the applicability statement. Annex II contains the list of applicable laws and regulations and relevant decisions of the Hungarian data protection authority.The Code has been developed within the framework of the Privacy at workplace (PAW) project, which was financed by the European Union.