As part of November’s Hazard of the Month, Security, we’re highlighting two key areas: GDPR and Security & Terror Alerts.
GDPR
There are seven key principles set out by the UK GDPR that inform the general data protection legislation. While not hard and fast rules, these principles lie at the heart of the regime, representing the spirit of UK GDPR.
These seven key principles are:
- Lawfulness, fairness and transparency
- You must have valid grounds for collecting and using data
- Use of data much not breach any other laws
- Data must not be processed in a way that is unduly detrimental, unexpected or misleading to the individuals concerned
- You must be open and honest with people about how you will use their data
- Purpose limitation
- Purposes for processing must be clear and recorded
- Data can only be used for a new purpose if compatible with original purpose, you have consent, or due to a legal obligation
- Data minimisation
- Personal data processes must be adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary
- Accuracy
- Reasonable steps should be taken to ensure the personal data help is not incorrect or misleading
- Storage limitation
- Personal data must not be kept for longer than is necessary
- Data held should be periodically reviewed and erased or anonymised when no longer needed
- Integrity and confidentiality
- You must have appropriate security measures in place to protect the personal data you hold
- Accountability
- You must take responsibility for what you do with personal data and how you comply with the other principles
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Security and Terror Alerts
There are a number of potential security threats a business could face.
While businesses cannot remove all the threats they may face, they should have a plan in place to protect valuable assets and a prepared response to major disruptions.
Possible threats may include:
- Criminal activity, e.g.
- arson
- theft
- vandalism
- threats from former employees/customers
- property damage
- carrying and use of offensive weapons
- Information security breach, e.g.
- unauthorised access to personal information
- theft and unauthorised access to confidential business information
- Personal security, e.g.
- lone working
- bullying
- intimidation
- physical attacks
- Terrorist attacks, e.g.
- explosive devices
- using vehicles as a weapon
- gun or knife attack
- postal devices
- chemical substances
- Cyber security incident, e.g.
- outages
- data loss
- costs incurred to recover data and system access
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