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Privacy documentation

 

The right privacy documentation demonstrates a commitment to information protection, building trust and confidence in your organisation and earning the loyalty of those you work with – whether customers, clients or staff.  

Our team can provide a full suite of data protection documentation including privacy statements, cookie use policies, internal policies and procedures, data sharing and processing agreements. 

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FAQs – Privacy Documents

This is any document containing data privacy information. It can range from privacy statements and cookie use policies, to internal policies and procedures that your employees will have to comply with to meet their data protection obligations.

There are various documents, however we have listed the main documents below:

  1. Data Protection Policy
  2. Privacy Notice
  3. Employee Privacy Notice
  4. Data Retention Policy
  5. Data Retention Schedule
  6. Data Subject Consent Form
  7. DPIA Register
  8. Supplier Data Processing Agreement
  9. Data Breach Response and Notification Procedure/Policy

There are certain steps and documentation needed to demonstrate compliance. These include, but are not limited to:

  • Testing and auditing data protection measures
  • Implementing technical measures to ensure compliance
  • Documenting and recording compliance measures
  • Determining and documenting a lawful basis for each instance of personal data processing
  1. Lawfulness, fairness and transparency in processing of personal data
  2. Collecting personal data for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes
  3. Accuracy in holding personal data and keeping it up to date
  4. Processing in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data

Article 30 of the UK GDPR imposes documentation requirements on controllers and processors, which includes the purposes of processing personal data; the categories of individuals whose personal data is being processed; the name of any third countries or international organisations that you transfer personal data to; and a general description of your organisation’s technical and organisational security measures to protect the personal data.

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  • 28 June 2022
  • Privacy and Data Protection

DSAR: Do I need to provide names if requested?

Under GDPR employees have the right to request access to their personal data from their employer called a DSAR. Many employers refer to groups rather than names. A recent case could have some impact on the way this is interpreted in UK GDPR.

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  • 23 June 2022
  • Privacy and Data Protection

Protecting data when working remotely

Clarkslegal’s Data Protection Solicitors Melanie Pimenta and Jacob Montague discuss some of the issues surrounding data protection and hybrid or remote working.

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  • 24 May 2022
  • Privacy and Data Protection

The Queen’s Speech: New data protection regime 

On 10 May 2022, Prince Charles confirmed, as set out in the Queen’s Speech, that there would be a new data protection regime in the UK, with some measures extending and applying to England and Wales only. 

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  • 26 April 2022
  • Privacy and Data Protection

Data breaches

Clarkslegal’s Data Protection Solicitors Melanie Pimenta and Amanda Glover explain what data breaches are, how they can be risk assessed and an organisation’s obligation to report data breaches.

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  • 26 April 2022
  • Employment

GDPR: Who are data controllers and processors?

Controllers and processors have a different set of responsibilities, and have various responsibilities when dealing with data breaches.

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  • 29 March 2022
  • Privacy and Data Protection

Guide to the International Data Transfer Agreement

For organisations that transfer personal data from the UK to other jurisdictions, new data sharing agreements are now in force.