This book is the second edition of the author's study of data protection issues in the workplace. Its purpose is to provide an updated user-friendly handbook which provides advice on compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Twenty five years after the introduction of data protection legislation, this area is still seen as complex and confusing. Therefore the author aims to provide guidance for employers, human resources professionals and data protection officers, and, like the author's previous publications aimed at employers, it is marked by an approach which is focused, practical and holistic. There is an underlying theme within the work that matters involving data protection in the workplace cannot be considered in a vacuum, and the relationship of data protection with many other areas pertaining to the protection and disclosure of information in the workplace is explored in a lively and accessible way.

Guidance on data protection compliance is offered in the following areas: recruitment and selection, employee records, health records, equality and equal opportunities monitoring, employee monitoring and freedom of information. There arc many recent legal changes and developments in the areas of disclosure of information, notification requirements under TUPE 2006, and the effects of new technologies on the protection of employee data. Macdonald explores these effectively in the new edition emphasising that all have an impact on employers and lack of compliance has serious consequences.

A particularly notable feature of the work is the links to useful sources of guidance, for example the reader is encouraged to use various codes of practice. Checklists on compliance with the various areas are provided and a restrained approach to the use of authorities is employed which is appropriate and useful to the target readership...

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