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Dynamic working and information security

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Find out about GDPR

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Processing special category data

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Find out more about re-purposing personal data and using it for research purposes

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Sending email safely

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The 6 lawful bases for processing personal data explained

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The 10 conditions for processing sensitive, special category data explained

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Advice for taught students

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Advice for working with suppliers

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Comparing protected characteristics and personal data

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Data coordinator's role

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Data Protection Impact Assessment

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The DPIA process - step by step

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What is DPIA?

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How identifiable is your data?

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Implications for research

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IT security in-depth

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When is processing personal data 'necessary'?

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Understanding different types of data about people

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Privacy notices

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What does processing mean in the context of Personal data?

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Legitimate Interests Assessments

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Data Protection Complaints Procedure

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Report a stolen device

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Report a data breach

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Report a phishing attack

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Report an infected computer

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Clear my Outlook's autocomplete cache

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Implement send delays in Outlook

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Send a calendar invite with a hidden attendee list

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Complete or refresh my mandatory infosec training

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Redact information in a document

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Get some expert advice

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Use video, sound or photos

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Use an online system to arrange events

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Contact the DP team

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What is GDPR?

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Training from the Information Commissioner's Office

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Compliance assessment and action plan

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Managing staff personal data

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Information and Data Governance structure

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ICO Registration Number

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In this section

Data protection, information security and data privacy

  • Collecting and using your information
  • Storing your information
  • Help with using personal data
    • Advice for taught students
    • Advice working with suppliers
    • Be information-secure with dynamic working
    • Check I'm sending an email safely
    • Choose one of the Six Lawful Bases for processing personal data
    • Clear Outlook autocomplete cache
    • Comparing protected characteristics and personal data
    • Complete or refresh information security training
    • Compliance Assessment & Action Plan
    • Contact the Data Protection team
    • Data coordinators role
    • Data Protection Impact Assessment
    • Find out about GDPR
    • Find out more about re-purposing personal data and use it for research purposes
    • Get some expert advice
    • How identifiable is your data?
    • Implement send delays in Outlook
    • Implications for research
    • IT security in-depth
    • Legitimate Interests Assessments (LIA)
    • Look up the 10 conditions for processing sensitive, special category data
    • Privacy notices
    • Process special category data
    • Redact information in a document
    • Report a data breach
    • Report a phishing attack
    • Report a stolen device
    • Report an infected computer
    • Request a new 'I want to...'
    • Send a calendar invite with a hidden attendee list
    • Understanding different types of data about people
    • Use an online system to arrange events
    • Use video, sound-recordings, and photographs
    • What does processing mean in the context of Personal data?
    • When is processing personal data 'necessary'?
    • ICO Registration number
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