Policy papers and consultations

Information about the legal basis and safeguards in place for the sensitive processing of special category data and criminal offence data.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 15 March 2024

• DfE appropriate policy document

  1. Scope As part of the Department for Education’s (DfE’s) statutory and…

This privacy notice explains how the SIA processes your personal data. In particular, it explains how we collect, use, disclose, transfer and store your data.

• From: Security Industry Authority
• Updated: 4 January 2024

• SIA privacy policy

  Whenever you are asked to provide personal information to us, we will…

• SIA policy on processing special categories and criminal convictions data

  1. Introduction This policy document has been produced in accordance with…

Update setting out decisions around data access policy, which is shaping the implementation of Secure Data Environments for secondary uses of NHS data.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 12 October 2023

• Data access policy update

  Introduction The Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England…

This consultation seeks feedback on the latest update to data access policy.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 12 October 2023

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Appropriate Policy Document sets out how we will protect special category and criminal convictions personal data.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 21 September 2023

Response by the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner to the New Zealand Office of the Privacy Commission (OPC) consultation on biometric information.

• From: Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner
• Updated: 24 August 2023

How the government will work with health and adult social care organisations and the supply chain to achieve cyber resilience across the sector no later than 2030.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 22 March 2023

A call for information on how we tackle offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 20 September 2022

The Geospatial Commission publishes a policy paper on location data ethics proposing shared values to build public trust in the use of location data

• From: Cabinet Office and 1 others
• Updated: 22 June 2022

The United Kingdom is seeking adequacy decisions from the European Commission in order to maintain the continued free flow of personal data between the European Union and United Kingdom and Gibraltar. This document provides …

• From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and 1 others
• Updated: 13 March 2020

The National Data Guardian (NDG) has published a report looking back over the 3 years since the creation of the role and describing future priorities.

• From: National Data Guardian
• Updated: 12 December 2017

Reports of 2 events examining how health and care data may be shared to support individual care, and the importance of understanding patient expectations.

• From: National Data Guardian
• Updated: 30 November 2017