This is the essential guide to UK information legislation and compliance for practitioners and students of recordkeeping. Taking a concept-requirement-implication approach this effortlessly navigates the reader through the practicalities of working in an information compliance culture and the impact this has on recordkeeping systems. It includes relevant case studies which highlight the key principles and issues. The authors are both practitioners who have designed processes, procedures and systems for information compliance for several organisations. They have also taught this subject at Masters level, allowing them to synthesise a deep understanding of theory and practice. This unique perspective allows them to pinpoint the critical issues, challenges and solutions without confusing the narrative with technical jargon and legislative detail. Key topics covered include: the development and interrelationship between information legislation; Data Protection and personal information; Freedom of Information in the UK; associated legal frameworks. It will be essential reading for recordkeeping practitioners, records managers and students.
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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978-1-85604-826-2 (9781856048262)
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Alan Bell BA is the Records Manager and Information Compliance Officer for the University of Dundee and programme manager for their records management courses. He co-authored the course "complying with information legislation: principles and practice" with Susan Graham.
Susan Graham BA MBA is the Records Manager at the University of Edinburgh and lectures on the University of Dundee's Records Management and Information Rights Masters, the first of its kind.
PART 1: THE FOUNDATIONS OF A COMPLIANCE CULTURE 1. Cultural analysis and alignment 2. People, commissioners and compliance 3. Training and awareness raising 4. Risk and reputation 5. Compliance Infrastructure PART 2: INFORMATION COMPLIANCE REQUESTS 6. Modelling a request for information 7. The life cycle of a Freedom of Information (or Environmental Information) request 8. The life cycle of a Subject Access Request under the Data Protection Act PART 3: ORGANISATIONAL OBLIGATIONS 9. Pro-active publication 10. Collecting and using personal data 11. Data, Personal Data, Sensitive Personal Data and the Data Protection Principles (and what all that means) 12. Recordkeeping and compliance.
