H&#038;M operates in a service center in Nuremberg and is based in Hamburg. The Hamburg data protection officer discovered that, since 2014, specific details about the lives of some employees of H&#038;M were comprehensively recorded and stored as information on a network drive. In one of these cases, the company devised a “Welcome Back Talk” after its employees had returned from a vacation or an illness. All the information that the company obtained during this time, including specific information about the illnesses and medical diagnoses of the employees, were retained and stored. The Hamburg data protection officer also found that the H&#038;M supervisors obtained general information about its employees “through the grapevine”, such as religious beliefs and family problems. All the information stored on the network drive was made accessible to over 50 managers of H&#038;M, and they used it to evaluate the work performance and efficiency of all employees, as well as make employment decisions. This fact became known when the H&#038;M servers encountered a technical error, and the data on the network drive became accessible to all employees for a few hours. The management subsequently apologized to all affected employees and offered monetary compensation in return for this offence. The data protection authority established more robust protective measures to prevent such incidents from happening again.
hm operates in a service center in nuremberg and is based in hamburg the hamburg data protection officer discovered that since specific details about the lives of some employees of hm were comprehensively recorded and stored as information on a network drive in one of these cases the company devised a “welcome back talk” after its employees had returned from a vacation or an illness all the information that the company obtained during this time including specific information about the illnesses and medical diagnoses of the employees were retained and stored the hamburg data protection officer also found that the hm supervisors obtained general information about its employees “through the grapevine” such as religious beliefs and family problems all the information stored on the network drive was made accessible to over managers of hm and they used it to evaluate the work performance and efficiency of all employees as well as make employment decisions this fact became known when the hm servers encountered a technical error and the data on the network drive became accessible to all employees for a few hours the management subsequently apologized to all affected employees and offered monetary compensation in return for this offence the data protection authority established more robust protective measures to prevent such incidents from happening again
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