Data protection

The data protection act covers personal data, information about specific people, something identifiable as them. For instance someone’s name (e.g. Helen Jones) is not personal data as there could be hundreds of Helen Jones’. However, Helen Jones combined with her date of birth and last address is personal data and falls under the data protection act.. Write a short paragraph to explain each of the 8 points clearly. Information must be, by law, created, used and distributed according to the points below. Fairly and lawfully processed For information to be considered to be fairly and lawfully processed, it has to be collected in a way that the ser is fully aware of and has given consent for. For instance if you want to use someone's personal…

The Data Protection Act 1998 was brought in to law with the intention of governing the way organisations are processing and managing their data on living identifiable individuals. It is important that all data information that is kept within a school is taken down on record correctly whether it is locked away on a computer that has a password on it so no-body can access it or it must be kept in a file which is kept in a filing cabinet which is looked up with a key that is kept out of reach of…

Health care privacy, thus extensive personal and sensitive digital patient data, is highly valued, and must be secured to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability. Current and accurate health data must be readily accessible for professionals to provide quality patient care (e.g., correct drug dosage), while being protected from unauthorized users. Unfortunately, data breaches are increasingly commonplace, occurring most often in the health care and business sectors (ITRC, 2016).…

Bii – Describe the information which needs to be shown on your pay slip/statement You need: your name, where you work, pay type, tax code, national insurance number, how many hours you work, deductions and date. Biii – Identify two changes to personal information which you must report to your employer Your telephone number and your address would need to be reported to your employer if they are ever changed. Biv - Describe the procedure to follow if you wanted to raise a grievance I would…

What Laws Apply At its most basic level the Data Protection Act 1998, and the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC which it implements, has provided, until recently, the guidance on the requirements of Data Controllers, in this case owners of websites that use cookies, how to treat claims related to privacy infringements and the consequences in cases where the controller had failed in its duties. The main change to it has come with the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive)…

order in the print shop, in this way the poster will be printed in high quality and it will be more attractive to our guests. c) Explain the purpose of confidentiality and data protection procedures when preparing document I am aware that the hotel Data Protection Policy sets out our rules on data protection and the legal conditions that must be satisfied in relation to the obtaining, handling, processing, storage, transportation and destruction of personal information. Additionally the data…

Anybody working in a childcare setting should maintain a high level of confidentiality and should be well informed and familiar with current legislation. All schools will gather relevant information from parents and carers such as health and medical information, records from previous schools and records of any needs or disabilities the child may have. Any information that the school may need to pass on will need the child’s next of king’s consent. Under the data protection act 1998, any…

Also stating from ( Ahmed,2014 The Data Protection Act is a law which protects the personal data of people who are living in the UK. The act protects people’s rights, freedoms and their right to privacy. In health and social care organisations, it is crucial for health and social care professionals to store data of pateints and service user’s appropriately , securly , safely and using it if necessary. This sugggests the impottance of health and soicla care professionals enuring all…

introduce two acts of UK law , human right acts (HRA) and Data protection acts (DPA). Its is going to explain definitions of these acts and convey how they link to confidentiality and how they impact in nursing practice, in terms to imply the effect of advantages and disadvantages in role of a nurse. One of the most important aspect of law is confidentiality. In healthcare practice, which has been defined as keeping and protecting of privacy and personal information (Philip A.Swain,…..online…

Confidentiality is the keeping of personal information about a person or persons securely. Confidential information is: personal information of a private or sensitive nature; and information that is not already lawfully in the public domain or readily available from another public source; and information that has been shared in circumstances where the person giving the information could reasonably expect that it would not be shared with others. As a teaching assistant all information must be…