The Article 29 Working Party issued an opinion on data processing in the work environment dated June 8, 2017 (Opinion 2/2017 on data processing at work, WP 249, June 8, 2017.). In it, it describes the European legal framework under current law and under the GDPR, and makes recommendations for specific processing scenarios, particularly when using new technologies that may have an impact on employees. This applies in particular to IT security technologies that can lead to monitoring and technologies in the area of BYOD, wearables/IoT, working time recording, video surveillance, location recording for field staff, etc.