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 relating to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIR), Records and Information Management, and related legislation and requirements.
Suggestions as to additional entries in this A to Z Guide, and comments on the current content, should be directed to the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Office.
- Access to personal data
- Anonymous vs pseudonymous data
- Advisers of studies
- Breaches
- "Business as usual" requests
- Charging for information/fees notices
- Complaints
- Complying with DPA while answering FOI requests
- Computer Misuse Act
- Consent
- Coordinators (FOISA)
- Data controller vs data processor
- Data minimisation
- Database checklist
- Data Protection Impact Assessment
- Data Protection online training module
- Data sharing
- Disposal of records
- Emergency requests for personal data
- Environmental Information Regulations
- Exemptions under FOISA
- Fees Notices for FOI requests
- FOISA review procedure
- Freedom of Information Scotland Act (FOISA)
- Good practice guides for records management
- Health information
- Human Rights Act 1998
- Inaccurate data
- Legislative framework for monitoring and surveillance
- Opinions about individuals
- Personal data
- Pictures and photographs
- Police requests for personal data
- Preference services
- Principles of GDPR
- Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulations
- Privacy notices
- Processing personal data
- Publication Scheme
- Purpose or reason for processing
- Questionnaires & FOI
- Recording conversations
- Records management
- Records retention schedules
- Redaction
- References for students
- Registration/notification number (ICO)
- Regulation of the Investigatory Power Act
- Research on sensitive and personal data
- Research checklist
- Retention of research data
- Rights of children
- Rights of the individual
- Rights to privacy
- Scottish Information Commissioner
- Security
- Special Category Data
- Staff Directory
- Subject Access Request (SAR)
- Template responses for FOI requests
- Training
- UK Information Commissioner
- Vexatious or repeated requests