Family leave - EMEA

Opinion of 14 April 2008 on a notification for prior checking concerning the "Family leave / Compel personnel database / Electronic document management system (EDMS)" (Case 2007-498)
Health-related personal data of family members are being processed in connection with family leave that can be granted upon application in case of medically certified serious illness or handicap of certain family relatives.
The respective medical certificates are being validated by the EMEA Personnel & Budget Sector staff and/or may be reviewed by an UK based external medical contractor.
The EDPS recommendations provided in this opinion aim to ensure the full compliance of the processing with Regulation 45/2001 and concern, in particular, data transfers, the modalities of exercise of rights of access and rectification, as well as the information to be provided to the data subjects.