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I know where you are coming from Ian i.e. experience should count but working in a local authority everything appears to be based on qualifications and I feel happier that I do have a qualification in DP - it helps me take a firm stance if I should have any altercations with legal or any other Department.
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Subject: Re: Thoughts requested on ISEBs
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In a message dated 03/09/04 13:20:39 GMT Daylight Time,
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> Q. What training have you had in data protection issues?
> I think it would be nice to be able to answer this one by saying one has
> the ISEB qualification!
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The DPO in question was trained by me when he was at Kirklees and I am proud
to say that his understanding of DPA - he clearly told his boss that DPA was
*not* to blame and not to go public with his comments - is actually very good.
Had he not given the correct advice or if he had made any mistakes in his
answers to Bichard I would agree wholeheartedly with the above comment. As it
stands, without clarifying whether the ISEB would have assisted the Humberside
Police DPO, I find it a slight on my ability as a trainer as well as an
intimation that the person mentioned (or anyone else) is not capable of doing his/her
job without that qualification.
I know lots of DPOs who have not passed the ISEB and many who have - and in
most cases there is little difference in their ability to undertake their
duties. The ones who do sometimes fall short are those who have had no training
whatsoever and who "fly by the seats of their pants".
I am not saying ISEB is not good, it is, but it is not the "be all and end
all" and other training - aimed more specifically at the particular sector - can
often be as good, if not better.
I am sure there would be a better way to promote ISEB than denegrating the
work of others, Chris. I have never used that tactic when advertising Keep IT
Legal Ltd.
Disappointedly,
Ian B
Ian Buckland
Managing Director
Keep IT Legal Ltd
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