Data Protection Act 1998

feared that government agencies can monitor the behaviour of individuals, or trace the places they have visited. Therefore, protecting location privacy from being invaded is thus of utmost importance. Law: The United States has the Telecommunications Act 1996 included location information as Customer Proprietary Network Information , along with the time, and date. However, the current regulation does not specify what kind of customer

Any organisation that have the usage of IT system needs to have policies in place that specify all the actions needed to deal with certain problems. Disaster Recovery Policy This is a plan of what to do when things go wrong for example acts of theft, loss of data or natural disasters such as fire or earthquake. This might have an impact on the organisation’s business function or security. Updating of security procedures The organisation needs to update their security policies as this is vital.

practice designed to protect individuals.These are there to protect from breaches of confidentiality were the information held on that individual is only viewed by staff directly involved in their care. The Data Protection Act 1998 is a piece of legislation which defines the law on processing data of people living within the United Kingdom. One of the central codes of practice in health and social care has been provided by the GSCC and it sets standards of practice and behaviour for staff working

from the Data Protection Act 1998.

that relate to handling information. Legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in social care settings e.g. Data Protection Act 1998, Freedom of Information Act 2000, The Health and Social Care Act 2001 (and subsequent amendments in 2006 and 2008), Human Rights Act 1998, Mental Capacity Act 2005, The Access to Medical Reports Act 1988 legal requirements and codes of practice for handling information e.g safe storage, need to know basis, recording must comply with policy

Database Data Mining: The Silent Invasion of Privacy Database Data Mining: The Silent Invasion of Privacy Dustin Johnson University of Maryland University College As coined in an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Aisha Sultan, “Data is the new world currency.” Data mining is the process of analyzing data from different perspectives and then summarizing it into useful information. In essence is it applying all different types of what if scenarios on large swaths of data to get possible

Legislation/Policy Explanation How Tesco complies Data Protection Act 1998 The data protection act protects people who are identifiable from their information and data being shared. The information will be bank details, address and billing and some other personal details. Information is collected from club card registrations and application forms. They cannot publish these details and will be securely stored on a database. However the information can be used by Tesco for market research which

This law proctects people from prejudice and allows legal action to be taken against any person or company who is proven to have unfairly treated any of the protected groups covered by this Act. Everyone is welcome at my childcare service and we strive to ensure that the children learn about the importance of inclusion and the acceptance of others. I try to explain that in many cases it can just be fear of not knowing or understanding but

Any organisation that have the usage of IT system needs to have policies in place that specify all the actions needed to deal with certain problems. Disaster Recovery Policy This is a plan of what to do when things go wrong for example acts of theft, loss of data or natural disasters such as fire or earthquake. This might have an impact on the organisation’s business function or security. Updating of security procedures The organisation needs to update their security policies as this is vital.

ASSIGNMENT UNIT 333 1) Legislations in Safeguarding Young Children:- The Children Act 2004 United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Children Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Human Rights Act 1998 Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable adult). Sexual Offences Act 2003 Policy Safeguarding Young Children:- Safeguarding Policy Anti Bullying Policy Health and Safety Policy As an adult working within a school environment