WHAT IS CONFIDENTIAL DATA?
The definition of Confidential Data as laid out in the Data Protection Act is “data which relate to a living individual who can be identified”. Any information which relates a persons name is Confidential. If your company maintains any of the following, you need to shred documents.
CONFIDENTIAL DATA CAN INCLUDE:
InvoicesSchool Reports
Staff discipline reports
Letters of complaint
Salary and wage schedules
Employment contracts
Bank statements
Exam results
Board papers
Research reports
Employment testing reports
Medical papers
Name and address lists
Marketing plans
Union correspondence
Staff leave schedules
And much, much more.
WHO NEEDS TO BE LEGALLY COMPLIANT
Intelligence and security agencies, Police forces, all Doctors surgeries and hospitals, bank branches, universities , colleges and schools Accountants and Solicitors and almost every organisation who hold records and databases....
