Explain the term ‘confidentiality’. Confidential information is personal details from our lives which we may not want to share with others. It can include our address‚ phone number‚ birth date‚ employment history or other personal information. It may also include information about our past or present health and development. Confidentiality is not about keeping secrets; it is about protecting an individual’s right to
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Reasons why organisations need to collect data All organisation no matter how big or small need to keep certain records for different reasons. The main reasons are to satisfy legal requirements‚ to provide relevant information in decision making and for consultation requirement‚ to provide documentation if there is a claim against the organisation and for internal purposes of each organisation. Personal records are necessary for the formulation and implementation of employment policies and procedures
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Introduction This report will give an overview of the aim behind collecting data‚ types of data collected‚ methods used and how the collection of the data supports the department’s practices. It will also give a brief outlook on the importance of legislation in recording‚ storing and accessing data. Why Organisations Need to Collect Data * To satisfy legal requirement: every few months there is some request from the government sector to gather‚ maintain and reports lots of information back
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Running head: European Data Protection Directive European Data Protection Directive Piera Hosinski SECURE MANAGEMENT ( MGT 580 Winter 2012) Instructor: Christopher Sobota Abstract “The Data Protection Directive (officially Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data) is a European Union directive which regulates the processing of personal data within the European Union. It is an important component
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Summarise the main points of legislation and procedures covering: • Confidentiality • Data protection • Disclosure of information The main points of legislation and procedures covering confidentiality are that only the appropriate people should have access to confidential records except where a pupil is potentially at risk. Information should not be given to other adults or agencies unless previously agreed. Where it has been agreed that confidential information can be shared it should be
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The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament which defines UK law on the processing of data on identifiable living people. It is the main piece of legislation that governs the protection of personal data in the UK. Although the Act itself does not mention privacy‚ it was enacted to bring UK law into line with the EU data protection directive of 1995 which required Member States to protect people’s fundamental rights and freedoms and in particular their right to privacy
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The 8 Principals of Data Protection The Act regulates the use of “personal data”. To understand what this means we need first to look at how the Act works or defines the word “data” Data means; information which- a) is being processed by operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose. b) Is recorded with the intention that it should be processed. c) Is recorded as part of a relevant filing system with the intention that it should form part of relevant
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The importance of environmental protection Environmental protection is an increasingly pressing issue all over the world. Ozone depletion‚ green house effect‚ global climate changes or global warming‚ etc‚ are the main issues in environment. Recent years‚ many countries and various organizations have paid more attention into environmental protection. Some pacts and protocols have been delivered. A treaty about global environmental protection will be discussed by 192 nations in Copenhagen this December
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----------------------------------- Signature: ------------------------- At least two reasons why the organization needs to collect HR or L&D data | HR data can be store by any professional IT software packages available in the market or can be design by own software engineers. Organization needs to collect data for various reasons: 1. Data storage to comply with legislation requirements. Data collection of employees benefits HR department to comply with legal requirements. For example visas‚ legal employee contracts
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Environmental protection means people protect the natural resources and make rational use of resources consciously in order to prevent the pollution and damage to the environment; we have to make a comprehensive management on the polluted and destructed environment in order to create the environment which is suitable for human life and work. Environment protection is also the general term for various measures that people take to solve the real or potential environmental problems‚ coordinate the relationship
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