Dear all,
With apologies for cross posting.
The University of Edinburgh's Records Management Section has recently
launched a new website at www.recordsmanagement.ed.ac.uk.
The new website combines the information that was previously available on
the University's separate data protection and freedom of information pages
with information about records management. Much of the material is new and
it is hoped that it will be a valuable resource not only for our staff and
members of the public looking to access information held by the University,
but also for others with an interest in these areas.
The site is divided into three main sections:
1. Information for the public. This section gives information on how to
make a subject access request under the Data Protection Act, and will
include the University's publication scheme and information on how to make
a freedom of information request.
2. Information for staff. This section is aimed mainly at University
staff but is available to all. It contains guidance sheets on a diverse
and growing range of topics, including 'Records Management: Steps to
Compliance', 'Research and the Data Protection Act', and 'The implications
of data protection and freedom of information for creating records'. There
are also pages containing information about the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act, the Data Protection Act and records management from a
University of Edinburgh standpoint.
3. Information for University of Edinburgh promoters and practitioners.
This section is aimed mainly at the University's network of promoters and
practitioners but many of the pages are available to all. The pages
include more detailed procedural guidance for implementing records
management, answering subject access requests, and will include guidance on
answering freedom of information requests.
Those of you with bookmarks / links to the University's freedom of
information and /or data protection pages should now update them to
www.recordsmanagement.ed.ac.uk.
Many thanks,
Anne
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Anne Thompson
Assistant Records Manager
University of Edinburgh
http://www.recordsmanagement.ed.ac.uk
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