Our commitment to using and keeping your personal information safe.
We will:
• Value the personal information entrusted to us and make sure that we respect that trust
• Go further than the letter of the law when it comes to handling personal information, and adopt good practice standards
• Consider and address the privacy risks first when we are planning to use or hold personal information in new ways, such as when introducing new systems
• Be open with individuals about how we use their information and who we give it to
• Make it as easy as possible for individuals to access and correct their personal information
• Keep the personal information that we hold to the minimum necessary
• Have effective safeguards in place to make sure personal information is kept securely and does not fall into the wrong hands
• Provide training to staff who handle personal information, investigate any information security incidents, and treat it as a disciplinary matter if staff are found to misuse or not look after personal information properly
• Put appropriate financial and human resources in place to look after personal information so that we can live up to our commitment
• Regularly check that we are meeting our commitment and look for ways to make it even stronger.
Date Updated: 08/02/12