Germany: State Data Protection Commissioner of North Rhine-Westphalia published guidance on processing employee health data
Description
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…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority