The General Data Protection Regulation

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new law that determines how your personal data is processed and kept safe, and the legal rights that you have in relation to your own data. The regulation applies from 25 May 2018, and will apply even after the UK leaves the EU.

What GDPR will mean for residents and staff

The GDPR sets out the key principles about processing personal data for staff and residents.

  • Data must be processes lawfully, fairly and transparently.
  • It must be collected for specific, explicit and legitimate purposes.
  • It must be limited to what is necessary for the purposes for which it is processed.
  • Information must be accurate and kept up to date.
  • Data must be held securely.
  • It can be retained for as long as is necessary for the reasons it was collected.

There are also stronger rights for residents regarding the information that practices hold about them. These include;

  • Being informed about how their data is used.
  • Residents to have access to their own data.
  • Residents can ask to have incorrect information changed.
  • Restrict how their data is used.
  • Move their resident data from one health organisation to another.
  • The right to object to their resident information being processed (In certain circumstances).

Our Data Protection Officer is Matron, Teresa Chandler Telephone: 01737-814010.