Data Protection
Opus Training Consultants takes the confidentiality of all personal information particularly seriously and consequently takes all reasonable steps to comply with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998. Opus Training Consultants aims to collect personal information only in order to meet specific legitimate purposes, and to retain that information only for as long as those purposes remain valid. Ordinarily, Opus Training Consultants will not pass individualised personal information to any third party, save where required by law, statutory obligations or legitimate purposes balanced against the rights and interests of the data subject.
Opus Training Consultants needs to process information about its members to allow it to monitor (among other things) academic and employment history, performance, achievements, and health and safety.
Data Security
All members of Opus Training Consultants are responsible for ensuring that:
- Any personal data which they hold is kept securely
- Personal information is not disclosed either orally or in writing or accidentally or otherwise to any unauthorized third party
Staff should note that unauthorized disclosure may be a disciplinary matter,
and may be considered gross misconduct in some cases.
Personal
information should be
- Kept in a secure environment; or
- If it is computerized, be password protected; or
- Kept only on disk which is itself kept securely