A User's Guide to Data Protection

A User's Guide to Data Protection is the brand new and highly accessible guide to data protection issues faced by companies and organisations in the UK. 

This easy to access book addresses internal and external data protection issues and outlines the new data protection regime with which every company and organisation must now comply. Each area is covered by a separate section, in an easy reference style, to allow you to dip into specific topics as and when you need to.

Coverage of internal issues includes those affecting employees, agents, contractors, prospective employees, monitoring and discipline. Further coverage of external issues includes those concerning customers, prospective customers and users across all areas of interface from first engagement, advertising and marketing to the use of email and websites.

Outlining the new data protection regime
To help ensure that your company or organisation fully complies with the law as it stands A User's Guide to Data Protection outlines everything you need to know about the new data protection regime. As such it covers the new cookie rules, security regarding personal data breach and reporting issues regarding data protection incidents, social networking and Privacy by Design (PbD).

This is the most up-to-date guide currently available. Unique to this area it covers data loss and penalties in detail across many recent cases and also includes a separate section on the Leveson Report’s findings on data protection.

To ensure you grasp the full current state of data protection law, it covers the following set of legislation, case law and more:
• Data Protection Act 1998
• Data breach and reporting issues such as those involving: Sony (80 million); HMRC (20million); Financial organisations; Health organisations; Police forces; Significant fines for incorrect storage, maintenance and processing of data 
• The most recent cases and penalties for data breach/loss and other breaches of the data protection regime and across specific sectors such as: Prudential: £50,000 in relation to incorrect storage and processing; Greater Manchester Police: £120,000 for data loss/theft; NHS ABHB: £70,000; Scottish Borders Council: £250,000 for data loss; Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £325,000 for security and data loss breach


Forthcoming amendments to the data protection regime 
A User's Guide to Data Protection also enables you to prepare for future changes to the law by highlighting the most anticipated changes contained within the forthcoming EU Data Protection Regulation as well as related compliance issues.

Who should buy this book?
This is an essential guide for commercial, technology and compliance law practitioners (solicitors and barristers), in-house counsel, Data Protection Officers, HR Professionals, directors, local authorities and technology companies. Law students studying modules in data protection will also find this a helpful reference source.