I slightly disagree with the responses saying that staff should receive
'Data Protection' training. They should receive training, but it should be
practical rather than theoretical. Therefore it should cover activities
relevant to their role. This could be case recording, or records handling,
or how to transmit data safely to other organisations, or whatever.
Attaching the label 'Data Protection' may even be unhelpful, given the
extent of general misunderstanding that seems to exist.
Paul Ticher
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Trevor Pearce" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 12:32 PM
Subject: Staff Training
I know that the 7th commandment of the DPA is that "appropriate
technical and organisational measures shall be taken against
unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against
accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data."
We recently received some marketing gumph asserting that we have to
train all of our staff in dp awareness and show that they have passed
the training in order to comply with the law. I have confidentally
asserted that this is not the case. But does anyone know of any case law
that establishes that all staff must receive and complete data
protection awareness training to comply with the law?
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From: Trevor Pearce
Deputy Academic Registrar (Academic Services)
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