Data protection Act 1998 – Policy Statement, Staff Handbook - Introduction and General
The University of Newcastle upon Tyne is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of individuals, and in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998.
The University's business requires that it process certain information about its staff, students and other individuals with whom it has dealings - it does this for its own administrative purposes and to comply with its legal obligations (eg to funding bodies). To comply with the law however, the University has to be open about how personal information is used and must also follow the eight data protection principles of good information handling. The University's full policy document can be found at: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/data.protection/DPAPolicy20051005-3.pdf.
The staff handbook outlines the principles of the Data Protection Act and provides guidance to staff to ensure that processing of personal data is carried out in compliance with the Act. All sections of the handbook can be located from its contents page. You can also access the staff handbook in PDF.
The University acknowledges the Data Protection Code of Practice for the HE and FE sectors (produced by the Joint Information Systems Committee - Jan 2001) and which informs much of the handbook's content.
Further enquiries/questions concerning data protection can be addressed to:
The Data Protection Officer
Information Systems and Services (ISS)
Claremont Tower
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Tel: 0191 222 8209
Email: Rec-Man@ncl.ac.uk