Before Covid, working from home was the norm for only a minority of employees. Then in March 2020, Boris Johnson told everyone to work from home and a change to working practices that probably would have taken a decade to come about happened in a week. Now millions of people work from home, from coffee shops, park benches and on public transport. Since Johnson’s announcement, some organisations have carefully revisited their pandemic plans and updated them for the New Normal.

But some organisations did not.

if you have staff working from home or on the move, there’s nothing in the GDPR to stop you, but there’s plenty to think about – how do you risk-assess whether people are working in the right environment, with the right data accessed in a safe way? Who is responsible for ensuring that other people do not access personal data being used by your staff?

SPOILER ALERT: the organisation is.

Join me for a practical look at all the relevant issues; by the end of it, you’ll be ready make sure that you and your colleagues are working sensibly and safely, wherever your desk is.