Why Your Organization Needs a Bill of Rights for Employee Data

The boundaries between personal and employee data will continue to blur as technology advances and worker expectations shift. An employee data bill of rights — consistently enforced and transparently communicated — will help organizations unlock the full potential of their data resources to both support employees as humans and achieve their business goals. It should consist of four key concepts: the right to purpose (meaning there’s a legitimate business purpose to collect the data); the right to minimization (that the employer won’t collect more data than it needs); the right to fairness (that data will be used to reinforce equity in the workplace); and the right to awareness (that the employer will be clear about what data is being used for what purpose).