Data Protection
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Who is it for?
Managers, trustees and staff responsible for the recording of data on members, service users, suppliers/customers or any other similar records.

What is about?
Effective Data Protection policies are crucial to an organisation as is the treating of personal data responsibly. This session explains the Act and helps organisations understand how to comply with it and implement good practice.

What will I learn?
The course will cover:

- The Data Protection Principles and what information the 1998 Act applies to
- Confidentiality
- Preventing harm - security and disclosure
- Showing respect - transparency and choice
- Data Protection policies - framework & responsibilities
- Policies on record-keeping
- Preventing harm: accuracy and adequacy
- Policies on files: retention periods and subject access
- Data sharing, disclosure and acting for others
- Notification: who needs to do it
- If you get Data Protection wrong: redress

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