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Data Protection


ISBN13: 9780851424675
ISBN: 0851424678
Published: January 2001
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Format: Paperback
Price: £22.99



The 1998 Data Protection Act provides a framework for the way in which organizations should collect and process personal information. It has far-reaching implications for library and information managers who hold personal data on computer or on paper, or who may be called on to advise their colleagues. This practical guide explains the legal requirements and illustrates the issues with dozens of relevant and informative case studies.

Contents:
Introduction Brief definitions 1. Personal data Examples 2. The eight Data Protection Principles 'Processing' Purposes 3. Who is responsible for data protection? The Data Controller The Data Protection Compliance Officer Other staff The Data Processor 4. Informing the data subject Other requirements for 'fair' processing How to provide the information Examples 5. When do you need consent? Processing without consent Examples 6. Processing 'sensitive' personal data Examples 7. Processing only for specific Purposes Examples 8. Monitoring employees and the public 9. The requirement to have good quality data Examples 10. Archive and destruction policies Examples 11. People's right to see their own records The Subject Access procedure Example subject access form Information you do not have to provide When can you withhold third party information? Examples 12. Restrictions on direct marketing What is direct marketing? The Data Subject's rights Direct marketing by phone and fax: the Telecommunications (Data Protection & Privacy) Regulations 1999 Can you make that marketing call/fax? Examples 13. Other Data Subject rights Automated decision-making Processing that harms the Data Subject Legal remedies 14. Security Physical security System design Procedures Examples 15. Who can see what? Information-sharing agreements Official requests for access to personal data 16. Transferring data abroad Conditions under which data may be transferred Transfers to specific recipients overseas Personal data on your web site Examples 17. Exemptions and other special cases Research, statistical and historical purposes 'Subject information' exemptions 'Non-disclosure' exemptions Freedom of expression Domestic use National security Transition period for old manual files 18. Notification Notification procedure 19. Codes of practice Personnel Code of Practice 20. Enforcement and penalties Notification Assessments Information notices Enforcement notices Powers of entry Individual offences Penalties 21. The Data Protection Compliance Officer 22. References and further reading 23. Contacts 24. Appendices Appendix 1: The Data Protection Principles Appendix 2: Schedule 2, Conditions relevant for purposes of the first principle: processing of any personal data Appendix 3: Schedule 3, Conditions relevant for purposes of the first principle: processing of sensitive personal data Appendix 4: Schedule 4, Cases where the eighth Principle does not apply Appendix 5: Definitions quoted from the Act Index