Legal guides for employers in Cyprus
ΕλληνικάAttendance, biometrics and employee data.
Five detailed guides to decisions that connect time attendance with Cyprus and EU law. Choose the topic that applies to you and check every conclusion against the primary sources.
Five practical guides
Choose the guide relevant to your organisation.
Each guide separates the current position, the relevant exceptions and the official sources supporting the analysis.
Biometrics Can I use fingerprints or face recognition for attendance?
What the Cyprus Commissioner has decided, why employee consent is not enough and when biometric access may be justified for higher security.
Working time Which hours must an employer record in Cyprus?
The current Cyprus duty, the 48-hour limit and the direction set by European Union law.
Cyprus ERGANI What must be declared in the Cyprus ERGANI system?
Essential employment terms, agreed working hours and declarations required for new hires and changes.
GDPR How does GDPR apply to attendance data?
Lawful basis, data minimisation, retention, access rights and the stricter rules applying to biometrics.
Employee monitoring When are cameras, GPS and other monitoring tools allowed?
How necessity, proportionality and transparency apply before workplace monitoring is introduced.
Before choosing technology
Collect only the data that is genuinely necessary.
Necessity and proportionality are assessed before an attendance or monitoring system is introduced. The technology must serve a specific purpose, with no less intrusive method capable of achieving it.
See how the test applies to biometrics- 01
What is the specific purpose of the recording?
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Is there a less intrusive method?
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Which data must be collected, and for how long?
Read the primary sources behind every guide.
Commissioner opinions, Cyprus legislation, GDPR provisions, Court of Justice decisions and official European documents.
18 sources with a link, date and jurisdiction