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Data and Records guidance for standardised waste packages containing Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW)
Find out whether your biometric data is likely to be on a police database - fingerprints, DNA sample, kept after arrest, crime, conviction
How to make sure your data is accessible, reusable and maintained independently of any technology or service.
Share your reference data for use in projects and services outside your organisation.
What the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
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.
Personal data an employer can keep about an employee, and employee rights to see this information under data protection rules
Find out what records you must keep about trusts for tax purposes, who can access your information, and what to do if your records are lost or destroyed.
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.
Access HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) data. For example to support academic research, or the development or evaluation of policy and services.
Find out what records you must keep and how to keep them if you're registered for VAT.
All essential shared data assets (ESDA) must be assessed for data quality issues, made findable and be available through APIs.
Data protection rules for businesses in recruiting staff, keeping staff records and using CCTV
How we comply with data protection law, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), when using personal information in our statistics.
How to get data and documents held by the Coal Authority.
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