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DATA PROTECTION – COMPLIANCE WITHOUT HEADACHES A practical workshop exploring how to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998, with particular regard to the Arts & Heritage sector. When: 22 February 2013 Where: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 16 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3JA Cost: £120 (£80 unwaged) Organised by: The recordsmanagementconsultancy Facilitators: Charlotte Brunskill, Archivist & Records Manager at the Paul Mellon Centre and Samira Teuteberg, Records Manager at the National Portrait Gallery. Workshop content: Are you: • unsure what the Data Protection Act covers? • concerned about what information you can disclose to the public? • confused about how to collect and manage personal data? • unclear how to comply with the Act? This training workshop explores the eight principles of the Data Protection Act and examines what these principles mean in the workplace. By using real life examples, the sessions will provide a practical step-by-step approach to Data Protection helping you to mitigate risks and ensure compliance within your organisation. The workshop is highly interactive and tailored specifically to the Arts & Heritage sector. The facilitators are experts in the field who have between them over 20 years of experience managing records and advising on DPA compliance in a variety of Arts & Heritage organisations. They present the highly successful ‘Nuts & Bolts of Records Management’ training programme offered by Renaissance & the London Museums Hub. Charlotte Brunskill is co-author of Records Management for Museums & Galleries: an introduction (pub. Chandos 2012). Who should attend: Administrators, Archivists & Archive Assistants, Information Managers, Development and Personnel staff, Librarians, Curators and anyone responsible for managing records and personal data in an Arts & Heritage environment. Previous participants said: ‘An excellent, clear and well structured course. I would have no hesitation in recommending it.’ [I] ‘feel much more confident in my understanding of the Data Protection Act and how it applies [in the workplace]‘ For further information see: www.recordsmanagementconsultancy.co.uk or to book a place e-mail [log in to unmask] Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra