With EU GDPR coming into force to protect consumer privacy and data, there is a need for a similar regulatory framework to protect employee data. Organisations are unfettered when it comes to collecting employee data. Given the rising number of consumer and employee data breaches, it is high time that organisations put in a conscious effort to protect employee data.
Employee privacy cannot be sacrificed to satisfy an organisation’s growing need for data. Not only that, intelligence on pay scale, performance appraisal, and other data are prime targets that competitors use for poaching your employees. Therefore, it is important to look at all aspects of digital curation-right from the point where data is collected, to what data is collected, to where is it deployed, and to how safely it is deployed. The trend in off-shoring organisations’ data requirements has added many layers of complications and created a lasting trust deficit. In fact, many organisations do not know where all their employee data is stored. According to a recent Forrester study, only 41% of 150 organisations knew where their employee data was located.
Here is a list of actions that diligent organisations do to ensure the privacy and protection of employee data:
Know more: https://www.peopleworks.in/blog/2018/04/19/is-your-company-serious-about-protecting-employee-data/
