Excel at Data Sharing

• Consider the legal basis of information sharing
• Gain a firm understanding of the new ICO data sharing code of practice
• Avoid fines from the ICO for breaching data sharing requirements in the GDPR
• Ensure your information sharing procedures fully comply with the relevant legislation

• Train staff to confidently share data in a secure way
• Work in partnerships to ensure the secure sharing of data
• Promote areas of good practice in information governance
• Respond to the information governance challenges posed by open data and the need for transparency

• Establish when data sharing is necessary
• Create more efficient process to seamlessly share data
• Identify and overcome cultural barriers to sharing information
• Develop effective working partnership with other organisations to securely share data
• Explore how multi-agency working initiative in Leicester has reduced the demand for emergency services

In this session, produce your own information sharing agreements and receive expert feedback from the trainer.

• Indemnity
• Data subject access requests
• Data controller vs Joint Controllers
• Understand the purpose of sharing
• Evaluate and review the agreement
• Establish the length of the agreement
• Outline the sanctions for failure to comply
• Detail retention and destruction schedules
• Ascertain how the information will be shared
• Learn what key aspects to include in an agreement
• Establish what information can and can’t be shared
• Other relevant legislation e.g. Human Rights Act, Caldicott Principles
• Identify recipients and organisations who the information can be shared with
• Consider data security issues when writing an Information Sharing Agreement