Subjects:

Data Protection

Contents:

Ackowledgments

Preface

Glossary of Key Terms

Table of Statutes

Table of Cases

Part 1 Introduction to Data Protection Legislation

1 The Legislative and Regulatory Background

2 The Conceptual Background

3 Penalties for Non-Compliance

Part 2 Operations of the Data Protection Act 1998

4 Notification

5 Processing Data Fairly and Lawfully

6 Purposes, Proportionality and Data Integirty

7 Subject Rights

8 Security

9 Transfers Abroad

Part 3 Practical Issues Arising from the Data Protection Act 1998

10 Data Protection in the Context of Employment

11 Monitoring Employees

12 Due Diligence on Transactions

13 CCTV Usage

14 Buying and Selling Personal Data

15 Direct Marketing

16 Credit Reference Agencies

17 The Internet

18 When Things Go Wrong

Part 4 Trouble-Shooting Q & As

Appendices

Further information

Index

The ICSA Data Protection Troubleshooter is a practical and accessible guide to privacy legislation. A detailed outline of the Data Protection Act 1998 is complemented by analysis of privacy legislation's impact on business activities such as e-commerce and staff monitoring.

The book also includes solutions to recurring data protection problems. The reader is assisted throughout by precedents, high quality references from the Office of the Information Commissioner, and a glossary of key terms.