Germany: State Data Protection Commissioner of North Rhine-Westphalia guidance on processing employee health data
Progress
Current status
adopted
17 Jul 2025 adopted
Scope
Implementers
Germany
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
subnational
Timeline of events
State Data Protection Commissioner of North Rhine-Westphalia published guidance on processing employee health data
On 17 July 2025, the State Data Protection Commissioner of North Rhine-Westphalia published the guidance on processing employee health data. The guidance clarifies that employers may only process employee health data when strictly necessary to verif…
Event type
outline
Action type
adoption
Government branch
executive
Government body
data protection authority