Professional Issues - Legislation
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Professional Issues - LegislationCandidates can bring to the assessment event any notes, textbooks, handouts or other material according to centre rules. 1 As Network Manager you are asked to check out the e-mail traffic of a member of staff. What are the key points of legislation that you should consider before taking action? As a network manager, when asked to check email traffic of a member of staff, the key points of legislation top consider are the Data Protection Act (1998) is designed to protect personal data which may be contained in the emails to be accessed, so it should be considered when accessing emails. The Telecommunications Act may should be considered as it makes it illegal for messages sent that are grossly offensive, indecent, obscene or of menacing character, upon inspection of the emails it may be suspected that criminal activity is taking place. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) is another piece of legislation which should be considered in this case as it provides the power for certain organisation to carry out detailed investigations if criminal activity is suspected.2 As information systems manager for the Central Health Board you have responsibility for allowing external access to central patient records from outlying centres, e.g. GP surgeries. Name and describe the main aspects of a particular piece of legislation which would apply. As an information system manager responsible for allowing external access to central records central patient records the legislation that would apply is the Data Protection Act. The Data Protection act has eight main principles. Data must be processed fairly and lawfully, data Processed only for one or more specified and lawful purpose, Adequate, relevant and not excessive for those purposes, Accurate and kept up to date - data subjects have the right to have inaccurate personal data corrected or destroyed if the personal information is inaccurate to any matter of fact, Kept for no
Professional Issues - LegislationCandidates can bring to the assessment event any notes, textbooks, handouts or other material according to centre rules. 1 As Network Manager you are asked to check out the e-mail traffic of a member of staff. What are the key points of legislation that you should consider before taking action? As a network manager, when asked to check email traffic of a member of staff, the key points of legislation top consider are the Data Protection Act (1998) is designed to protect personal data which may be contained in the emails to be accessed, so it should be considered when accessing emails. The Telecommunications Act may should be considered as it makes it illegal for messages sent that are grossly offensive, indecent, obscene or of menacing character, upon inspection of the emails it may be suspected that criminal activity is taking place. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) is another piece of legislation which should be considered in this case as it provides the power for certain organisation to carry out detailed investigations if criminal activity is suspected.2 As information systems manager for the Central Health Board you have responsibility for allowing external access to central patient records from outlying centres, e.g. GP surgeries. Name and describe the main aspects of a particular piece of legislation which would apply. As an information system manager responsible for allowing external access to central records central patient records the legislation that would apply is the Data Protection Act. The Data Protection act has eight main principles. Data must be processed fairly and lawfully, data Processed only for one or more specified and lawful purpose, Adequate, relevant and not excessive for those purposes, Accurate and kept up to date - data subjects have the right to have inaccurate personal data corrected or destroyed if the personal information is inaccurate to any matter of fact, Kept for no