BRINICON is required to retain certain information about its staff, clients and other individuals to allow it to monitor performance, achievements, security and behaviour and health and safety. It is also necessary to process information so that staff can be paid, projects organised and legal obligations to funding bodies and commissioners met. To comply with
the law, information must be collected and used fairly, stored safely and not disclosed to any other person unlawfully.
To do this, BRINICON must comply with the Data Protection
Principles set out in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by ensuring that
personal information is:
• Obtained and processed fairly and lawfully and shall not be processed unless certain conditions are met.
• Obtained for a specified and lawful purpose and shall not be processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose.
• Adequate, relevant and not excessive for those purposes.
• Accurate and kept up to date.
• Not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose.
• Processed in accordance with the data subjects rights.
• Kept safe from unauthorised access, accidental loss or destruction.
• Will not be transferred to a country outside the European Economic Area, unless that country has equivalent levels of protection for personal data.
Key features of GDPR include the following:
Individuals have greater rights over their data. There are stricter rules on obtaining consent to collect personal data, which must be freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous.
BRINICON will need to review our privacy notices and tell individuals the legal basis for processing their information.
BRINICON will have to demonstrate compliance with GDPR by and must report any data protection breaches.
BRINICON will face a significant fine for not reporting a breach of data protection. The maximum fine will increase from £500,000 to £17million in case of a breach.
BRINICON and all staff or others who process or use any personal information must ensure that they follow these principles at all times. In order to ensure that this happens, BRINICON has reviewed its Data Protection Policy.
Status of the Policy
This policy does not form part of the formal contract of employment, but it is a condition of employment that staff will abide by the rules and policies made by BRINICON from time to time. Any failure to follow the policy can therefore result in disciplinary action.
Any member of staff or volunteer, who considers that the policy has not been followed in respect of personal data about themselves, should raise the matter with their Line Manager . If the matter is not resolved, it should be raised as a formal grievance.
Notification of Data Held and Processed
All staff, volunteers and other users are entitled to:
• Know what information BRINICON holds and processes about them and why.
• Know how to gain access to it.
• Know how to keep it up to date.
• Know what BRINICON is doing to comply with its obligation under GDPR
• Ask for information to be removed in line with the right to be forgotten.
Data Security
All members of staff 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 unauthorised third party.
Staff should note that unauthorised disclosure will usually be a disciplinary matter, and may be considered gross misconduct in some cases.
Personal information should be:
• Kept secure, preferably in a locked filing cabinet; or
• In a locked drawer; or
• If it is computerised, be password protected.
• If kept on other media, (e.g. hard disk, USB stick) which is itself kept secure or password protected.
Rights to Access Information
Staff, volunteers and other individuals including clients, have the right to access any personal data that is being kept about them by BRINICON either on computer or in certain organised files. Any person who wishes to exercise this right should complete the BRINICON Access Request form (Appendix 2).
BRINICON aims to comply with the requests for access to personal information as quickly as possible, but will ensure it is provided within 20 days, other than in exceptional circumstances, unless exceptions apply. In such cases, the reason for any delay will be
explained in writing to the person making the request.
Publication of BRINICON Information
Information that is already in the public domain is exempt from the 1998 Act. It is BRINICON policy to make as much information public as possible, and in particular the following information will be available to the public for inspection:
• Names of BRINICON Directors
• Names of BRINICON staff
• Telephone contact details of BRINICON offices
• Photographs of BRINICON staff
• Information about our projects and activities
• BRINICON’s policies and procedures.
Organisations and Others to which BRINICON may Provide Data
BRINICON may provide data relating to clients to organisations, including but not limited to, Government Departments including the Department for Work and Pensions, local councils, CCGs, Police and auditor. It may also be the case that personal information is provided to such organisations through agencies acting on their behalf.
Where this the case, BRINICON will have in place means by which clients give their permission
for the sharing of this data.
The Processing of personal data
There are six ways in which the lawful processing of personal data may be carried out.
These are where data processing:
Is necessary for performance of a contract
Is in compliance with legal obligations
Is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject
Is in the public interest of exercising of official authority
Is with the consent of the individual
Is in the legitimate interests of the controller, or third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual.
Subject Consent
Consent under GDPR must be freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the individual’s wishes. There must be some form of clear affirmative action – or in other words, a positive opt-‐in – consent cannot be inferred from silence, pre-‐ticked boxes or inactivity.
For personal information about BRINICON staff
Some BRINICON roles will bring the applicants into contact with children, including young people
under the age of 19 and vulnerable adults. BRINICON has a duty under the Children’s Act and other enactments to ensure that staff and volunteers are suitable for the job and have the relevant standard or enhanced DBS checks. BRINICON also has a duty of care to all staff, volunteers and clients and must therefore make sure that employees and volunteers do not pose a threat or danger to other users.
BRINICON will also ask for information about particular health needs, such as allergies to particular forms of medication, or any conditions such as asthma or diabetes. BRINICON will only use the information in the protection of the health and safety of the individual, but will need consent to process in the event of a medical emergency.
BRINICON will divulge information on staff and clients without consent if required to do so by law.
Processing Sensitive Information
Sometimes it is necessary to process information about a person’s health, criminal convictions, race, sexual orientation, gender re-‐assignment, religion, marriage / civil partnership, pregnancy / maternity, gender, disability and family details. This may be to ensure that BRINICON is a safe place for everyone, or to operate other BRINICON policies such as the sick pay policy or equal opportunities policy.
The Data Controller and the Designated Data Controller(s)
BRINICON as a corporate body is the data controller under the Act, and the Board of Directors is therefore ultimately responsible for implementation. However, designated data controllers will deal with day-‐to-‐day matters. The first point of contact for any enquiries relating to Data Protection issues should be directed to:
Post Area of Responsibility
Director
Head of Employment For personal information about
Employment Service clients