Data Compliance
How Can Public Sector Organisations Ensure Data Compliance Standards?
Whether it’s using data to create advantage or improving data access and governance to accelerate data sharing, data management policies are complex. And we’re here to help with free blogs, downloads and a range of courses available online, face-to-face or bespoke for your organisation.
Here’s the facts, recommendations and figures of personal data breaches received by the ICO up to Q2 2022:
Data Protection and Compliance in Healthcare
Healthcare is the most common sector for data security incidents reported, making up to 19% of all incidents between 2019 – 2022 (ICO, 2022). From financial records and health insurance information to patient test results and biometric information, there is a wide spectrum of sensitive data that is more likely to be targeted than less sensitive data.
To protect the sensitive personal data of patients and staff, there are steps healthcare organisations can take:
- Keep records of data processing activities
- Identify a person responsible for the DPIA (data protection impact assessments)
- Appoint a DPO (data protection officer)
- Identify the lawful basis for processing
- Review your data breach notification policy and procedure
- Educate staff on how to protect patient data
Data Protection and Compliance in Education
Education and childcare organisations make up 14% of all data security incidents and rank as second highest for incidents in the UK between 2019 – 2022 (ICO, 2022).
Educational establishments, such as schools, colleges and universities, are often data controllers in their own right.
Steps Education Providers should take:
- Data controllers must register and notify the ICO of how they process personal information
- When you collect information about a student, child, parent or staff member, you must be clear and transparent about how you intend to use it and have privacy notices established
- Assign a Data Protection Officer and a Data Processor
- Understand student Subject Access Requests (SARs)
- Consider all legal implications of sharing personal information with local authorities, other education providers, different departments or social services
- Improve data protection policies and security measures through training to help staff understand how to safely and fairly process personal information
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