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Unit 4 P5 P6 M2 (ANOTHER ONE)
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Btec Level 3 Business Unit 4 P5 P6 M2
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IntroductionIn this assignment, I will be explaining the legal, ethical and operational
issues in relation to the use of business information. My chosen business
is Sarah Bonnell School. I will also be analysing the legal, ethical and
operational issues with the use of appropriate examples.
Summary/conclusion will be given on what I have learnt whilst doing this
task.
Legal Issues
Data Protection Act (1998) is one of the legislation that businesses
have to follow. According to
http://ico.org.uk/for_organisations/data_protection “If you handle
personal information about individuals, you have a number of legal
obligations to protect that information under the Data Protection Act
1998”.Sarah Bonnell School uses the Data Protection Act as they are
not allowed to provide students and their guardians with certain
information. Once a student signs their agreement of the Data
Protection Act slip, it confirms that they are not allowed to provide
anyone who is not working in the school with their personal information
because it is risky. This is includes both electronic files (online) and
paper files. Sarah Bonnell holds and process information about their
staff, students and other data subjects for academic, administrative
and commercial purposes. Sarah Bonnell is then not obliged to pass on
any information to anybody else they will be breaking the law.
Therefore, they have a duty to handle people’s personal details fairly
and lawfully. Sarah Bonnell tries to follow this act, for example, they
keep the electronic documents save by using password protection.
Paper files are kept in a key and lock cabinet. They ensure people’s
personal information is not lying around for anyone to have access to
it. However, information can be access on a’ need to know base’. For
example, if any student is in danger and police want to see information
about the student, the school can give out the information.
- Freedom of Information Act 2000
The freedom of information act was put in place to provide
individuals or organisations with the right to request information
held by a public authority. This means that the public authority must
tell students whether Sarah Bonnell School holds the information.
Sarah Bonnell School must provide students with the held
information within 20 working days. The law obliges that any
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