A-Z Topics - Data Protection and Freedom of Information
This A to Z Guide provides brief explanations on the terminology, descriptions, procedures, and basic issues relasting to the Data Protection Act 1998 [DPA], the Freedom of Information [Scotland] Act 2002 [FOISA], the Environmental Information [Scotland] Regulations 2004 [EIRs], Records and Information Management, and related legislation and requirements. For brevity, The designations of DPA, FoISA, and EIRs are used for brevity throughout the A to Z Guide.
Suggestions as to additional entries in this A to Z Guide, and comments on the current content, should be directed to the DP/FoI Office.
Click on each letter of the alphabet below to see the topics about which further information is available.
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C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P |
Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
- CCTV checklist
- CCTV Surveillance
- Charging for Information/Fees
- Checklist for Advisers of Studies
- Checklist for databases
- Checklist for CCTV systems
- Checklist for FoISA
- Checklist for Research
- Children's Rights
- Complaints Procedure
- Computer Misuse Act
- Consent
- Consent - Conferences
- Consent - 'enquiries'
- Consent - Photographs
- Consent - Research
- Consequences (of the Act)
- Conversations (recording of)
- Co-ordinators (FOISA)
- Database checklist
- DPA vs FOISA
- Data Protection Commissioner
- Data Protection Act Notification/Registration Number
- Data Protection Officer
- Data Retention for Research Data
- Data Subject (The)
- Data Subject Access Requests
- Direct Marketing
- Disposal of Records
- Disposal of IT Equipment
- Eight basic DPA Principles
- Emergency Requests for Personal Data
- Enquiries (consent to hold information)
- Enquiries (checklist for databases)
- Environmental Information
- European Economic Area and the DPA
- Exemptions and Exclusions under DPA
- Exemptions under FOISA
- Fees
- Freedom of Information Scotland Act (FOISA)
- FOISA Co-ordinators
- FOISA exemptions
- FOISA vs DPA
- FOISA requests Checklist
- Inaccurate data
- Individual (The)
- Information Commissioner
- Information Commissioner (The Scottish)
- Information Padlock Symbol
- Intention (towards an Individual)
K
- Offences under DPA
- Opinions
- OSIC Assessment Report
- OSIC Assessment Report Action Plan
- Personal Data
- Padlock Symbol
- Physical Health
- Pictures and Photographs
- Police Requests for Personal Data
- Political affiliation and opinions
- Preference Services
- Principles of DPA
- Privacy Rights
- Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulations
- Processing personal data
- Processing personal data (When is it legal?)
- Purpose of Processing
- Reason for processing
- Recording conversations
- Records Managment
- Redaction
- References - Providing References
- References - Subject's Right of Access
- Regulation of the Investigatory Power Act
- Registration of processing of personal data
- Repeated Requests
- Retention
- Research
- Research Checklist
- Review Procedures
- Rights of the Individual
- Rights of Children
- Right to Privacy
- Scope of DPA and FOISA
- Scottish Information Commissioner
- Security
- Sensitive Personal Data
- Subject Access Request (SAR)
- Surveillance and Monitoring (CCTV/WebCam)
- Tape recording conversations
- Transfer of personal data - within the University
- Transfer of personal data - outwith the University
- Transfer of personal data - outwith the EEA
- Web Enquiry Forms (consent to hold information)
- Web Enquiry Forms (checklist for databases)
- Writing a reference about a member of Staff
