Charity’s work. This policy sets out how the Charity seeks to protect personal data and ensure staff understand the rules governing their use of personal data to which they have access in the course of their work. In particular, this policy requires staff to ensure that the Managing Director should be consulted before any significant new data processing activity is initiated to ensure that relevant compliance steps are addressed. Scope. This policy applies to all staff, which for these purposes includes employees, temporary and agency workers, other contractors, interns and volunteers. All staff must be familiar with this policy and comply with its terms. The Charity may supplement or amend this policy by additional policies and guidelines from time to time. Any new or modified policy will be circulated to staff before being adopted. Definitions. In this policy: Business purposes means the purposes for which personal data may be used by the Charity, e.g. personnel, administrative, financial, regulatory, payroll and fund-raising purposes; Personal Data means information relating to identifiable individuals, such as job applicants, current and former employees, agency, contract and other staff, interns, volunteers, beneficiaries, partners and donors. This includes expression of opinion about the individual and any indication of someone else's intentions towards the individual. Sensitive Personal Data. Means personal data about an individual's racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or similar beliefs, trade union membership (or physical or mental health or condition, sexual life, criminal offences, or related proceedings. Any use of sensitive personal data must be strictly controlled in accordance with this policy Processing Data. Means obtaining, recording, holding or doing anything with it, such as organising, using, altering, retrieving, disclosing or deleting it General principles. The Charity’s policy is to process personal data in accordance with the applicable data protection laws and rights of individuals as set out below. All employees have
Charity’s work. This policy sets out how the Charity seeks to protect personal data and ensure staff understand the rules governing their use of personal data to which they have access in the course of their work. In particular, this policy requires staff to ensure that the Managing Director should be consulted before any significant new data processing activity is initiated to ensure that relevant compliance steps are addressed. Scope. This policy applies to all staff, which for these purposes includes employees, temporary and agency workers, other contractors, interns and volunteers. All staff must be familiar with this policy and comply with its terms. The Charity may supplement or amend this policy by additional policies and guidelines from time to time. Any new or modified policy will be circulated to staff before being adopted. Definitions. In this policy: Business purposes means the purposes for which personal data may be used by the Charity, e.g. personnel, administrative, financial, regulatory, payroll and fund-raising purposes; Personal Data means information relating to identifiable individuals, such as job applicants, current and former employees, agency, contract and other staff, interns, volunteers, beneficiaries, partners and donors. This includes expression of opinion about the individual and any indication of someone else's intentions towards the individual. Sensitive Personal Data. Means personal data about an individual's racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or similar beliefs, trade union membership (or physical or mental health or condition, sexual life, criminal offences, or related proceedings. Any use of sensitive personal data must be strictly controlled in accordance with this policy Processing Data. Means obtaining, recording, holding or doing anything with it, such as organising, using, altering, retrieving, disclosing or deleting it General principles. The Charity’s policy is to process personal data in accordance with the applicable data protection laws and rights of individuals as set out below. All employees have
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