Many of the routine activities performed in the field of labor relations include the processing of the personal data of employees. The processing of the personal data of employees takes place before the beginning of the employment – in the employment phase
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Health data (including information on the use of drugs, issued prescriptions, etc.) is one of the most sensitive pieces of information, the importance of which is especially emphasized not only in the digital age but also during the current global pandemic with
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Personal data subjects have the following rights: right to information and access to personal data that are subject to processing; right to correction in case of incorrect or incomplete personal data; right to delete personal data (right “to be forgotten”), and if
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Video surveillance can be performed for several purposes, such as: for personal / domestic activities, for ensuring public / state security, as well as for official / business purposes. The rules of personal data protection do not apply to video surveillance used
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Electronic communication creates large amounts of sensitive personal data (metadata), which allows determining the patterns of behavior (consumer habits, etc.), and the circle of personal contacts, due to which access to them is considered far more intrusive, compared to intercepting voice communication.
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When processing personal data, controllers are obliged to adhere to several principles, namely: legality, fairness, and transparency of processing, data minimization, data accuracy, limitation of data storage time, data security, and accountability. Legality, fairness, and transparency of processing Legality implies the
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The processing of personal data covers any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, or a group of personal data, such as: collecting, recording, organizing, structuring, storing, adjusting or changing, withdrawing, consulting, inspecting, using , disclosure through transmission, publication or otherwise making available, reconciling or combining, limiting, deleting and destroying. The processing of personal data can occur in two forms: automated and non-automated (manual).
The only users of the rules for personal data protection are the identified natural persons, ie the natural persons that can be identified. Legal entities can not appear as holders of the right to personal data protection, but can appear as holders of the right to privacy (right to reputation).
The right to privacy and protection of personal data are guaranteed not only by national legislation – the Constitution of the Republic of Northern Macedonia and the Law on Personal Data Protection, but also by international instruments of the Council of Europe – European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights (ECHR) and Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (Convention 108+), to which the Republic of Northern Macedonia is a signatory, as well as the legal framework of the European Union – the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and the General Regulation on Personal Data Protection ( GDPR).