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Everyone concludes at least one insurance contract in their lifetime – to protect their home, car, or life, or to ensure coverage of health expenses when traveling abroad. Most people are familiar with the main characteristics of the insurance contract – it is concluded in writing, most often in the form of an insurance policy, the general terms and conditions of the insurer apply to it, the policyholder has obligations to declare certain circumstances (the so called circumstances affecting the risk) and to pay a premium. In their turn, the insurer has one main obligation – to pay indemnity upon occurrence.
The monitoring of employees’ activities in the work place is a sensitive and often contentious issue. On the one hand, an employee has the right to privacy and the protection of their personal data, which is enshrined in various human rights, privacy and data protection laws and regulations. On the other hand, employers have a right to monitor their employees to protect their business from abuse, to prevent criminal activity and to ensure occupational safety.
Martin Zahariev provides a brief overview of the key amendments in Bulgarian personal data protection legislation in connection with the recent entering into force of the GDPR.