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Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), where do I start?
What is a DPIA? In layman’s terms, a DPIA is a risk assessment to ensure that your chosen system or service complies with Data Protection law. If you are procuring....
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Public Authority Data Sharing for Investigative purposes
There are many ways organisations might share information. The most common are:
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Handling Data Subject Rights
The Data Protection Act 2018 which applies the UK GDPR provide a range of rights to individuals to help them understand how their personal data is used by organisations and provide them with some control over this.
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Environmental Information Regulations Requests (EIR) – the basics
If you are a public authority you will be subject to the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. These regulations apply to public authorities and also some other bodies that do public work that affects the environment. The regulations stem from the Aarhus Convention....
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Freedom of Information Requests – the basics
If you are a public authority you will be subject to the Freedom of Information Act. To confirm if you are, you can check Schedule 1 of the Act which sets out who it applies to....
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