A round up of responses made on and off list.
> that good Data Protection practice is essentially congruent with the
ethics
> and values of their organisations.
> there can be an ethical basis for Data Protection practice -
> but I've always taken a wider view, rather than looking for the ethics
> inherent in Data Protection.
> Most DPOs are in full time employment and as such often have their ethics
dictated to them. "You'll do as you are told" or "we're going to do it,
find a > way round the Act"
> it's just that the people who make the decisions on what will be done are
also the people who decide what training courses you can go on.
> Such a code would be very useful for those with some autonomy,
independence and/or larger than normal spheres
> The International Medical Informatics Association [IMIA] has
> adopted a Code
> of Ethics for Health Information Professionals...to address
> the issues of
> people processing Personal health Information who are not
> covered by the
> requirements of any Health Professional body.
>
> www.imia.org/English_code_of_ethics.html
>
> The Health Informatics Committee of the British Computer Society is in
process of
> publishing a Handbook to the Code.
>
> Prof Eike-Henner Kluge from the University of Victoria has published a
book on this topic recently.
>
>
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0820452599/qid=1046424300/sr=1-1/re
f=sr_1_0_1/026-5701509-9515637
>
> BCS/ISEB accredits a Data Protection Certificate but that is straight UK
DP1998 rather than ethics.
>
> Brief discussion on the merits of including an ethics module within the DP
accreditation courses, and at what level would be appropriate.
Ian W
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