Employee use of information and communication technology

New and updated

• GDPR: Example email, internet and technology policies updated

  Date:

  16 April 2018

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  We have revised our model policies on the use of email and internet, telephone and portable electronic devices to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our sample "bring your own device to work" (BYOD) and CCTV policies have also been updated.

• Policy on mobile telephone use

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, including a new section to explain how personal data will be handled during monitoring of mobile telephone use.

• Policy on making personal telephone calls

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, including a new section to explain how personal data will be handled when monitoring the making of personal calls on work telephones.

• Email and internet policy for employees

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, including a new section to explain how personal data will be handled during monitoring of email and internet use.

• Policy on hand-held or portable electronic devices

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, including a new section to explain how personal data will be handled when monitoring the workforce's use of the organisation's hand-held or portable electronic devices.

• Policy on the use of personal devices for work/bringing your own device to work

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to set out: the implications of the General Data Protection Regulation; the strict limits on what data should be held on personal devices; to whom data breaches should be reported; and how personal data will be handled when monitoring use of personal devices for work.

• Policy on use of social media

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, including a new section to explain how personal data will be handled during monitoring of email and internet use.

• How HR can help in the battle against cyber-criminals

  Date:

  21 March 2018

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Giving free rein over internet access at work does not only post reputational risks, but leaves organisations open to cyber-hackers. Alvaro Hoyos from OneLogin explains the increase in risk and how training and education can help.

• New legislation to allow organisations to monitor use of IT systems for legitimate business reasons

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  The Investigatory Powers (Interception by Businesses etc for Monitoring and Record-keeping Purposes) Regulations 2018 provide that organisations and public bodies may lawfully intercept communications being sent via their telecommunications systems for certain legitimate business activities.

• Do social networks increase exposure to sexual harassment claims?

  Date:

  17 January 2018

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  There is a school of thought that new forms of digital technology have driven a new wave of sexual harassment in the workplace.