Huge congratulations to @WYP_Football_C on becoming national champions by winning the Emergency Services Football League. The players have been fantastic and they, and the manager deserve massive credit for getting the team to where it is now. What an achievement! Well done!!
Friday 28th January is Data Protection Day!
Data Protection Day seeks to create awareness about the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data and enabling trust.
You can find out how West Yorkshire Police uses data here…
https://t.co/NyamNBQ6Mc
@WYP_InfoMan is recruiting! You could join our fantastic team, we are recruiting a Data Protection and Disclosure Manager. Details can be found here - https://t.co/PGUcVHaP82
It's good practice to document any data sharing you undertake and review it regularly. Knowing what information you have and what you do with it makes it much easier to comply with other aspects of the UK GDPR.
Our checklist below will help you document data sharing decisions.
Have you thought about what you would do if your organisation had a personal data breach?
It's important that you have strong processes and procedures to ensure that you can mitigate the risk and take appropriate action.
Try our checklist here: https://t.co/tmckVNeuZf
📍Top tips for avoiding a personal data breach.
Use blank template documents and store them separately. Blank templates should be stored away from pre-populated ones to avoid someone including incorrect information in a new document, for example someone's address.
Documenting your decision helps you to take stock of your data sharing. You'll know what information you have, where it is, and when it was shared. This makes it much easier for you to comply with other aspects of the UK GDPR.
Some top tips from our #Cybersecurity seminar at #DPPC2021 - prepare for ransomware now, adopt a 'defence in depth' approach to security, keep your systems up to date and segregate your back-up data, because attackers will come after it.
These are the top five types of complaints we receive about organisations. We know that organisations want to get subject access requests right, it's the most common complaint we receive. #DPPC2021
You must complete a DPIA for any high-risk project that involves the processing of personal data. It’s a process designed to help you identify and minimise the data protection risks of your project. To find out more, visit our website: https://t.co/12SVNEh8YK
Not sure if you should be sharing data? What should you put in place first? Our data sharing checklist helps you decide whether to share data and stay within the law:
https://t.co/Nr3j5XJTjJ
Are you keeping data 'just in case'? You must have a reason to keep information, rather than a reason to get rid of it. If you’re required to keep information for a certain length of time, record your reasons in a retention policy.
https://t.co/9ofFQjOQ21
An individual can make a subject access request verbally or in writing, including on social media.
You must comply within one month of getting the request. In some circumstances you can extend the time by a further two months.
More info about this here: https://t.co/esfhpjuNjA
You must have a valid lawful basis in order to process personal data.
There are six available lawful bases for processing. You need to select the correct one for your processing.
Our interactive tool can help you with this: https://t.co/MfpWQj8KAu
Whilst artificial intelligence can make an organisation's operations more efficient, effective and innovative, there can be risks to individuals and challenges for organisations.
The data protection implications are explored in our guidance: https://t.co/C6FTn2TkcB
If you use cookies, you must tell people you’re using them, explain what the cookies are doing and why, and get consent to store a cookie on their device. If you do this the first time, you do not need to repeat it for the same user. More details here: https://t.co/pX3xenKP59
Our coronavirus and data protection hub is being regularly updated with information to answer the most common questions.
There's currently FAQs on testing, vaccinations and on customer logs.
Visit the hub here: https://t.co/sMExs252wQ