Data Protection: Essential Facts at your fingertips: Essential Facts at Your Fingertips: BIP 0050:2004 (Data Protection Pocket Guide: Essential Facts at Your Fingertips) - Softcover

McKilligan, N. F. J.; Powell, N. H. E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0580444376 ISBN 13: 9780580444371

Publisher: BSI Standards, 2004

Synopsis

About the Data Protection Pocket Guide A quick and easy reference for managers and executives responsible for data protection compliance, it is perfect for anyone without an in-depth technical knowledge of the subject, Specific guidance is provided for accountants, solicitors, medical professional, independent financial advisors, credit brokers and others operating in high-risk areas. All businesses in the UK must comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 This invaluable pocket guide provides the essentials to help you understand and comply with data protection and privacy legislation. If you are a small business, school, charity, unincorporated members club or organization without the benefit of a large in-house compliance department, this is the book for you. The guide will: Provide basic practical advice to help make compliance with the law easier Cut through legal terminology and jargon to clarify the requirements of the law Reveal the way organizations process their customer, client or contact information Explain what you have to do and provides examples of how to do it Give specific guidance for accountants, solicitors, medical professional, independent financial advisors, credit brokers and others operating in high-risk areas.

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Review

This is a pocket battleship of basic data protection information with which all information security professionals should be familiar with when advising or employed in organizations. --ISSG Magazine, Information Security Specialist Group of the British Computer Society

This is a very good piece of work. It is comprehensive and reads easily. The clear non-technical style reflects what we are seeking to produce in our own revised guidance. --Information Commissioner s Office (ICO)

This is a very good piece of work. It is comprehensive and reads easily. The clear non-technical style reflects what we are seeking to produce in our own revised guidance. --Information Commissioner s Office (ICO)

About the Author

Nicola McKilligan is a privacy and information law consultant with experience of advising business on compliance with the Data Protection act 1998. Naomi Powell is a data protection consultant who holds professional qualifications in both data protection and training practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: BSI Standards
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0580444376
• ISBN 13: 9780580444371
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 14095