Data Protection Compliance in the UK : a Pocket Guide

✍ Scribed by Rosemary Jay; Jenna Clarke

• Publisher: IT Governance Pub
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 54
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book gives you a clear description of the Data Protection Act, outlining its terms and explaining its requirements. It is essential reading if you have a responsibility for the security of personal data, especially if you are a director, a manager or an IT professional. The pocket guide includes handy good practice tips for staff. The easy-to-follow checklist tells you the practical steps you should be taking in order to comply with the Data Protection Act. Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Chapter 1: introduction and eu regulations; chapter 2: understanding the definitions; chapter 3: notifying processing with the information commissioner; chapter 4: what are the rights of individuals?; chapter 5: understanding and applying data protection principles 1 to 6; chapter 6: security obligations and data processors; chapter 7: transferring data overseas; chapter 8: applying exemptions; chapter 9: marketing using electronic methods; chapter 10: it monitoring and interception; chapter 11: enforcement provisions; chapter 12: penalties for non-compliance. Chapter 13: compliance checklist for staffappendix: abbreviations; itg resources.
Abstract:

This pocket guide gives you a clear description of the Data Protection Act, outlining its terms and explaining its requirements. It is essential reading if you have a responsibility for the security of personal data, especially if you are a director, a manager or an IT professional. Read more...