General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): Legal, Ethic and Other Issues, Especially in Covid-19 Time

AutorAna Isabel Guerra, Maria João Machado, Maria Malta Fernandes, Patrícia Anjos Azevedo, Sérgio Tenreiro Tomás, Susana Sousa Machado
CargoInvited Professor, ESTG/P. Porto. Address: ESTG ? Rua do Curral, 4610-156 Margaride (Santa Eulália), Felgueiras, Porto, Portugal. E-mail: aimg@estg.ipp.pt. - Professor, ESTG/P. Porto and Member of CIICESI. E-mail: mjm@estg.ipp.pt. - Professor, ESTG/P. Porto. E-mail: mdf@estg.ipp.pt. - Invited Professor, ESTG/P. Porto and Member of CIICESI. E...
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GUERRA, A. I; MACHADO, M. J; AZEVEDO , P. A; TOMÁS, S. T; MACHADO, S. S.
General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR) : Legal, Eth ic and Other Issues, E specially in COVID-19 Time. The Law, State
and Telecommunications Review
, v. 13, no. 2, p. 28-41, October 2021.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
Legal, Ethic and Other Issues, Especially in Covid-
19 Time
Submitted
: 11.04.2021
Ana Isabel Guerra*
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4579-9579
Maria João Machado**
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0196-232X
Maria Malta Fernandes***
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1857-1488
Patrícia Anjos Azevedo****
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0779-9076
Sérgio Tenreiro Tomás*****
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1017-6467
Susana Sousa Machado******
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8434-2398
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26512/lstr.v13i2.37425
Revised
: 27.05.2021
Accepted
: 07.07.2021
Article submitted to pe er blind review
Licensed under a Creative Common s Attribution 4.0 International
Abstract
[Purpose]
This paper intends to present an academic analysis about the legal, ethic and
other issues raised by the General Data Protection Regulation, especially in Covid-19 time.
In this context, we present the main legal aspects of networked privacy, online privacy
literacy, transparency, data integrity and others. Besides, we presen t the employee´ s rights
in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, such as the right to erase data, temperature
monitoring, the employee´s consent, the legitimation of the processing of personal data and
body temperature control. We also give a word about data protection and teleworking. Our
purpose is to contribute for the evolution of law, reg arding the challenges and a ll the
changes in our daily-life, provoked by the Covid-19 pandemic.
[Methodology]
Our objectives are fundamentally achieved with a legal and doctrinal
analysis, which is our methodology . The topics presented in this paper are linked between
each other and this kind of joint treatment is our goal.
[Findings]
Privacy i s a broad concep t that includes a set of persona l characteristic s that go
beyond a user's name an d locatio n. Persona l data includes the fundamental rights that
privacy helps to guaran tee. The GDPR is a legal basis for the processing of personal data,
which is directly applicable in the European Union and does not require nationa l
transposit ions. Employers ar e facing increasin gly complex challe nges in the day -to-day of
their companie s, g iven the ne ed to sto p th e spr ead o f co ronavirus. To respond to the
*
Invited Professor, ESTG/P. Porto. Address: ESTG Rua do Curral, 4610 -156 Margaride
(Santa Eulália), Felgueiras, Porto, Portugal. E-mail: aimg@ estg.ipp.pt.
**
Professor, ESTG/P. Porto and Member of CIICESI. E-mail: mjm@estg.ipp.pt.
***
Professor, ESTG/P. Porto . E-mail: mdf@estg.ipp.pt.
****
Invited Professor, ESTG/P. Porto and Member of CIICESI. E-mail: pamv@estg.ipp.pt.
*****
Professor, ESTG/P. Porto and Member of CIICESI. E-mail: smt@estg.ipp.pt.
******
Professor, ESTG/P. Porto and Member of CIICESI . E-mail: scm@estg.ipp.pt.

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