ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. It summarises the guidance set out in Opinion 2/2017 of the Article 29 Data Protection Work Party (referred to in this Practice Note as the Article 29 Opinion) on how Regulation (EU) 2016/679, EU GDPR affects data processing in the employment relationship and the balance between the legitimate interests of employers and the reasonable privacy expectations of employees. The Article 29 Opinion is based on Directive 95/46/EC, the Data Protection Directive, but looked towards the obligations under Regulation (EU) 2016/679, EU GDPR, which was not, at the time the Article 29 Opinion was published, in force. Since IP completion day (11 pm on 31 December 2020), Regulation (EU) 2016/679, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is retained EU law (see Practice Note: Retained EU law in employment [Archived]) and known as UK GDPR. Together with the parts of the Data Protection Act 2018 that relate to general personal data processing, powers of the Information Commissioner and sanctions and enforcement, as amended, this makes up the UK