Courses take place in:

London, Manchester, Belfast and Glasgow

The government sees data sharing as an important tool to improve and personalise public services, fight crime, and tackle benefit fraud. Public bodies face regular dilemmas over whether to share data, to what extent, with whom, in what circumstances, and subject to what safeguards. This training course examines the key principles involved and answers the following questions:

• what are the benefits of data sharing, and how much should you share the personal data you hold?
• what are the challenges in terms of maintaining public trust, and respecting personal privacy?
• what powers exist to share data?
• what are the conditions under which data may be shared? What restrictions exist, and which exemptions may apply?
• what do you tell those whose data are shared, and how do you respond to subject access requests?
• how do you write your own code of practice, and what should it contain?
• what other arrangements need to be in place before you share data?

The session will also give delegates guidance on:

• the new Data Sharing Code of Practice
• the Data Sharing Review, and policy developments
• new penalties for breach of the Data Protection Principles
• restricting wider disclosure

This session enables those attending to understand how to approach the sharing of data in the public sector. It includes discussion of a number of practical ‘real life’ examples and the issues involved.