FAQs

All items: Transfers and disclosures to third parties

What restrictions does the UK GDPR place on employers transferring employee data outside the European Economic Area?
Where an employer has been asked by the police to provide information on an employee, will data protection laws prevent it from complying with the request?
In a TUPE situation is the transferor required to obtain its employees' consent before passing on information about them to the transferee?
What are the duties of an employer if it supplies a reference?
Must an employer always obtain an individual's consent before providing a reference for them?
Can an employer share HR-related data with an external supplier of HR services without the consent of the employees?
What are an employer's obligations under the UK GDPR if it contracts with a third-party provider to process its employee data?
In a TUPE situation, is the transferor obliged to give the transferee the personnel files of transferred employees?

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Frequently asked questions and answers on transfers and disclosures to third parties.