I’ll second NADPO. I have no experience of the IRMS. Also consider the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) which has a wealth of resources albeit with a much broader geographical coverage. Simon. Simon Howarth The Information Edge (Webtech Systems Limited) Privacy and Data Protection From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tim Turner Sent: 27 October 2017 13:04 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [data-protection] Professional associations Hi I recommend the National Association of Data Protection Officers and the Information and Records Management Society. Best wishes Tim Turner www.2040training.co.uk <http://www.2040training.co.uk> From: Janet Edwards <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> Reply: Janet Edwards <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> Date: 27 October 2017 at 13:01:58 To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [data-protection] Professional associations Hi everyone As a newbie to data protection, are there any data protection associations/societies that you would recommend joining? Thank you Janet ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> All user commands can be found at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/subscribers/subscribercommands.html Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> describing your needs To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> (all commands go to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ _____ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html Selected commands (the command has been filled in below in the body of the email if you are receiving emails in HTML format): * Leaving this list: send leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY=LEAVE%20data-protection> * Suspending emails from all JISCMail lists: send SET * NOMAIL to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY=SET%20*%20NOMAIL> * To receive emails from this list in text format: send SET data-protection NOHTML to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY=SET%20data-protection%20NOHTML> * To receive emails from this list in HTML format: send SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY=SET%20data-protection%20HTML> All user commands can be found at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/subscribers/subscribercommands.html and are sent in the body of an otherwise blank email to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> (Please send all commands to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> not the list or the moderators, and all requests for technical help to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> , the general office helpline) _____ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/subscribers/subscribercommands.html Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your needs To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^