Qualification: Level 4 Certificate in Principles of Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF)
Unit: Unit 5: Communication and Information Management in Adult Care
Learning outcome: 2 Understand systems for information management
Assessment criteria: 2.2 Explain the legal requirements relating to gathering, storing and sharing information
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- Legal requirements relating to the gathering, storing and sharing of information are covered by the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
- Some of the principle requirements include:
- Only collecting data for lawful purposes
- Only using data for the stated purposes
- Only collecting as much data as is required for the purpose
- Ensuring the data is accurate and having adequate systems in place to check this
- Not keeping data for longer than is required
- Data must be protected with adequate security measures
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