Open to all Staff and Postgraduate Students of Universities in London

This session will introduce you to the key data protection legislation as well as the practical steps that you need to follow when collecting and using personal data in your research including:

• The UK Data Protection Act and new EU General Data Protection Legislation

• How to plan for working with personal data

• Keeping personal data secure online

• Tips for securing physical access to personal data

• Travelling with personal data - risks and options

• The purposes of anonymization and when to do it

• Collecting and documenting informed consent