Working from Home Monitoring

We potentially are looking to set up a number of employees for home working. From what I can tell from researching, the above monitoring from home options would not be legitimate and would be classified as intrusive on the employees privacy. Is this correct? Are there any forms of monitoring that would be legitimate under GDPR laws?

Answer:

This is a hot topic indeed. My advice to you is to perform a Data Protection Impact Assessment to she how much this activity will affect the rights and freedoms of the data subjects.
In order to be lawful such a processing activity would need to proportionate and transparent.

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