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The Data Protection Act (DPA) controls how personal information can be used and your rights to ask for information about yourself
The Data Protection Act 2018 controls how your personal information is…
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The different types of SIA licence, and which job activities need a licence.
Keep systems and data safe with the appropriate level of security.
Data protection rules for businesses in recruiting staff, keeping staff records and using CCTV
Find out about safety and security requirements that apply to goods entering and exiting the UK.
This guide is to help you and your business understand issues around data protection and privacy. It is intended for organisations that provide online services likely to be accessed by children.
Responding to a data protection request - what you need to provide and what happens if you do not provide the information.
A service must be in compliance with all applicable data privacy regulations including the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018
Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children's social services.
A form of IP that extends the protection of patented active ingredients present in pharmaceutical or plant protection products.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
Apply the government secure email policy.
Document outlining action expected from health and care organisations in 2017 to 2018, to implement recommendations by the National Data Guardian.
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
For company directors, LLP members or people with significant control (PSCs) who are at serious risk and want to protect their personal information from the public.
Explains the legislation governing Tree Preservation Orders and tree protection in conservation areas.
Guidance on working securely with or for the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
Defence Cyber Protection Partnership (DCPP) is a joint Ministry of Defence (MOD) and industry initiative to improve the protection of the defence supply chain from the cyber threat.
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