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Data and Records guidance for standardised waste packages containing Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW)
Using metadata to make it easier to catalogue, validate, reuse and share your data.
Find out whether your biometric data is likely to be on a police database - fingerprints, DNA sample, kept after arrest, crime, conviction
How to apply for access to personal data held by the Ministry of Defence (MOD).
How to get data and documents held by the Coal Authority.
Personal data an employer can keep about an employee, and employee rights to see this information under data protection rules
The following guidance has been jointly developed by the Heath Research Authority (HRA) and MHRA, in consultation with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO), on behalf of the UK.
You're required to keep records for all traded goods you declare to HMRC for four years, for duty and tax purposes and for government statistics.
How to access the historical censuses from 1841 to 1921.
Data protection rules for businesses in recruiting staff, keeping staff records and using CCTV
How to make sure your data is accessible, reusable and maintained independently of any technology or service.
Access HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) data. For example to support academic research, or the development or evaluation of policy and services.
This guide explains what the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
Information for learners and parents about their personal learning record and unique learner number
This series brings together all documents relating to Supporting people: client records and outcomes
Records and paperwork you must keep if you're self-employed as a sole trader or partner in a business: income, costs, profit, how long to keep records.
Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.
Find out what records you must keep and how to keep them if you're registered for VAT.
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