Oct 23, 2020
The HCPC and Police Cautions
If you have received a police caution, and you are currently regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), or you hope to be, then you will need to consider the HCPC’s rules on the disclosure of criminal records.
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Oct 1, 2020
Police Record Deletion Process Explained
It is possible to apply for the deletion of your records from National Police Systems, namely the Police National Computer (PNC), the National DNA Database (NDNAD) and also the National Fingerprint Database (IDENT1).
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Aug 26, 2020
Can you get an overseas conviction deleted from the UK Police National Computer (PNC)?
This article looks at whether it is possible to delete an overseas conviction that has been transferred onto the UK PNC.
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Aug 5, 2020
Conditional Discharge: DBS, ACRO and Deletion Explained
What can you do about an absolute discharge once you receive one, and what are the implications of an absolute discharge and also a conditional discharge? Is it possible to have an absolute or a conditional discharge deleted from the PNC or is it only possible to appeal an absolute or conditional discharge?
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Jul 17, 2020
New Disclosure rules for Youth Cautions, Warnings and Reprimands
The government has presented changed to the law so that all youth cautions, warnings and reprimands will become immediately filtered from an enhanced and standard DBS check.
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Jun 28, 2020
What is the meaning of processing of personal data?
Processing therefore is an extremely broad concept and covers pretty much anything that can be done to personal data
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May 7, 2020
What is a relevant filing system?
Data protection regulation does not just apply to electronically processes personal data, but is applies in certain circumstances to paper based, manual, filing systems – previously know as “relevant filing systems” under the Data Protection Act 1998.
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Apr 26, 2020
What is the GDPR?
You would be forgiven for thinking that data protection regulation only started in 2018 with the introduction of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Oct 26, 2019
What is the difference between Anonymisation and Pseudonymisation?
Data protection regulation does not just apply to electronically processes personal data, but is applies in certain circumstances to paper based, manual, filing systems – previously know as “relevant filing systems” under the Data Protection Act 1998.
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