GDPR Article 88(1): employee data in the employment context (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Art 88(1))
Each Member State may add its own rules for staff data, and works agreements can add more. A holder licensing email, chat or call recordings that contain employee data must check the national employment rules of each country its staff work in.
Dated 18 Oct 2026Source checked 18 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
In the source's own words
“Member States may, by law or by collective agreements, provide for more specific rules to ensure the protection of the rights and freedoms in respect of the processing of employees' personal data in the employment context, in particular for the purposes of the recruitment, the performance of the contract of employment, including discharge of obligations laid down by law or by collective agreements, management, planning and organisation of work”
Where it was read
Also read from the same source
- GDPR Article 5(1)(b): purpose limitation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Art 5(1)(b))
- GDPR Article 6(1)(f): legitimate interests as a lawful basis (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Art 6(1)(f))
- GDPR Article 6(4): compatibility test for a new purpose (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Art 6(4))
- GDPR Recital 50: further processing and the legal basis (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, recital 50)
- GDPR Article 9(1): special categories of personal data (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Art 9(1))
- GDPR Article 13(3): telling people before a new purpose (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Art 13(3))
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