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1. Destruction of Confidential Information: Are You Complying with the Data Protection Act?
   

   Many businesses still fail to comply with the Data Protection Act for the secure destruction of confidential information. The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has now published new guidance to help employers manage this problem. Amongst advice included in the guide is the need to have a formal written contract with your information destruction company, and to ask for evidenc...

   News | 18 Nov 2002

2. Destruction of Confidential Information: Are You Complying with the Data Protection Act?
   

   ...any uses a contractor (Data Processor) they should have a formal written contract under priciple 7 of the DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998. ?More useful information is available at www.dataprotection.gov.uk ?Perry's Recyling is a member of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) Information Destruction Section, for more information see www.bsia.co.uk/bsia_destruct.taf

   Comment | 3 Mar 2003

3. Destruction of Confidential Information: Are You Complying with the Data Protection Act?
   

   Ian - We have put your query to the BSIA. In the meantime, you could try calling them, tel. 01905 21464. Alternatively, you could put your query to a member of our Online Advice panel.

   Comment | 28 Feb 2003

4. Destruction of Confidential Information: Are You Complying with the Data Protection Act?
   

   Does this still apply if you undertake the collection and destruction in house.

   Comment | 21 Feb 2003

5. Confidential data - shredding the evidence
   

   ... Daedalus House, Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2RE t 0871 777 8881 f 0871 777 8882 1  © Workplace Law Group 2009 All rights reserved Confidential data ­ shredding the evidence This briefing, by Anthony Pearlgood, Commercial Director of PHS Datashred and ViceChairman of the BSIA Information Destruction Section, looks at some of the measures taken by Europe's largest, single organisation and a customer of confidential waste destruction service provider PHS Datashred, to maintain compliance. The Data Protection Act (and what to do about it) The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) exists to raise standa...

   News analysis | 8 Sep 2009

6. Who's looking at you?
   

   ...st mean the firm abused customers' trust: it means they were technically breaking the law. Even more serious (from the point of view of personal privacy) is the example of the doctor's surgery that simply dumped its patients' full medical records ­ completely intact ­ in the rubbish. Information destruction The British Security Industry Association has 25 information destruction companies in membership that provide their services across the UK. The Association formed the first code of practice for this area, which is being developed into a British Standard. It ensures that confidential material is des...

   Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2005

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