The employer does not need to know employee’s partner gender

The milestone CJEU ruling will change the approach to the processing of personal data. Employers should be more careful about what data they process, and if they do not constitute information indirectly indicative of those catalogued in Article 9(1) GDPR. It is easy to fall into the trap – as it may turn out that the employer is unauthorisedly processing sensitive data, and thus may be exposed to higher liability. – Karolina Kanclerz and Kamil Naziek comment for Rzeczpospolita.

Article: here.