Privacy Authority FAQ Communication
- Studio Piceci
- May 7, 2020
- Reading time: 2 min
The Italian Data Protection Authority has prepared a series of FAQs on the sensitive issue of personal data processing in relation to the current epidemiological emergency.
Among the various pieces of information, specific instructions are provided regarding the possibility of measuring employees' body temperature at the entrance to the workplace.
It should be noted that real-time measurement of body temperature, when associated with the identity of the person concerned, constitutes the processing of personal data.
Further warnings are also provided in relation to the use of possible self-declarations or the possibility that the identity of the infected worker may be communicated to other colleagues. On this last point, the Guarantor excludes that the employer may disclose the identity of the infected employee to other workers.
The employer remains responsible for communicating the names of infected personnel to the competent health authorities and collaborating with them to identify and reconstruct the "chain of close contacts" in order to immediately activate the necessary preventive measures.