Data Protection – Employment Law Essentials

Who should attend?

Anyone who is responsible for data management, managing staff or HR professionals.

Objectives:

At the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Understand what the Data Protection Act covers
• Understand what constitutes personal data, sensitive personal data and a relevant filing system
• Understand and be able to apply the Eight Data Protection Principles
• Know when you can process personal data and sensitive personal data
• Know how to handle references and subject access requests

Content Summary:

• The Act in a nutshell
• What is personal and what is sensitive personal data?
• What information is covered by the Data Protection Act?
• What is a relevant filing system?
• Processing/starters for ten
• Lawful processing
• Focus on subject access requests
• Focus on references
• Focus on medical records and information

Method of Training:

A combination of interactive sessions and challenges, presentation and discussion.

Length of Course:

Half day.

Full course notes are provided for all delegates attending.

This is our standard summary of the training we are able to provide. All our courses are able to be tailored to the specific training needs of your organisation.

For further details or a general discussion on the training Mace & Jones is able to provide, please contact:

Emlyn Williams, Partner at emlyn.williams@maceandjones.co.uk or Sam Kinnear, sam.kinnear@maceandjones.co.uk