Data Protection and Compliance

3. An Action Plan for Compliance with the Data Protection Act

“Action Plan for Compliance with the Data Protection Act” is authored by Tim Beadle, Director of the Atrium Group, and produced by the E-Security Exchange. This unit is for professionals or managers who wish to find out what is involved in becoming compliant with the Data Protection Act. The unit assumes an awareness of the Data Protection Act, and what it aims to achieve.  By working through this unit, you will be able to produce an action plan aimed at achieving compliance for your organisation.

AUDIENCE

Professionals, managers or consultants who wish to find out what is involved in becoming compliant with the Data Protection Act.

LEARNING OUTCOME

* Produce an action plan for data protection compliance.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

* Explain what is involved in becoming compliant
* Identify and explain the elements of an action plan.
* Identify some of the practical considerations involved in implementing an action plan.

STRUCTURE

1. The process of becoming compliant
2. Elements of an action plan for compliance.
3. Practical considerations.

About the Author

Tim Beadle, Director Atrium Group

Tim originally studied Law, writing the first ever thesis in the UK on Computers and the Law, some of the recommendations of which became law in the 1984 Data Protection Act. He has worked with data and data privacy for many of the world’s leading companies – Cisco Systems, Johnson & Johnson, AVG, Telegraph Media Group, Oracle/PeopleSoft and RWE nPower are among his clients.  Tim has been very heavily involved in data privacy training – he set up the BSI’s external courses on the subject in 2004. Tim continues to consult and writes and presents on data privacy in the UK and Europe.

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