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| 1 | 1 | Steve Welburn | h2. Data Protection |
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| 3 | 1 | Steve Welburn | Data protection protects the rights of individuals over their personal information, particularly data should only be used for the purposes for which it has been gathered and should be held appropriately securely. |
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| 5 | 5 | Steve Welburn | The core of the Data Protection Act is a set of data protection principles: |
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| 7 | 6 | Steve Welburn | bq. 1. Personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully and, in particular, shall not be processed unless: |
| 8 | 6 | Steve Welburn | bq. a) At least one of the conditions in Schedule 2 is met, and |
| 9 | 6 | Steve Welburn | bq. b) In the case of sensitive personal data, at least one of the conditions in Schedule 3 is also met. |
| 10 | 6 | Steve Welburn | bq. 2. Personal data shall be obtained only for one or more specified and lawful purposes, and shall not be further processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes. |
| 11 | 6 | Steve Welburn | bq. 3. Personal data shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose or purposes for which they are processed. |
| 12 | 6 | Steve Welburn | bq. 4. Personal data shall be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date. |
| 13 | 6 | Steve Welburn | bq. 5. Personal data processed for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes. |
| 14 | 6 | Steve Welburn | bq. 6. Personal data shall be processed in accordance with the rights of data subjects under this Act. |
| 15 | 6 | Steve Welburn | bq. 7. Appropriate technical and organisational measures shall be taken against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data. |
| 16 | 6 | Steve Welburn | bq. 8. Personal data shall not be transferred to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area unless that country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection |
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| 18 | 4 | Steve Welburn | Further information: |
| 19 | 4 | Steve Welburn | * QMUL Academic Registry and Council Secretariat (ARCS) information on "data protection":http://www.arcs.qmul.ac.uk/information_governance/dp/data_protection.html |
| 20 | 1 | Steve Welburn | * JISC "Data Protection Code of Practice for HE and FE":http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/generalpublications/2001/pub_dpacop_0101.aspx |
| 21 | 5 | Steve Welburn | * Canterbury Christchurch University document on "Data Protection in Research":http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/Research/Documents/DataProtection.pdf |
| 22 | 4 | Steve Welburn | * "EU Data Protection Directive":http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/index_en.htm |
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| 24 | 4 | Steve Welburn | The Act: |
| 25 | 4 | Steve Welburn | * "Data Protection Act 1998":http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/29/contents |