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Is a work email address personal data under GDPR?

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Is a work email address personal data under GDPR?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) continues to raise many questions among employers, not least whether a work email address should be regarded as personal data. The short answer is, yes it is personal data. If you take my email address, laura.franklin@beswicks.com, it states my full name, as well as the place that I work, […]