Course focus

Planning and the Localism Act 2011 - NEW

Date:
19 March 2012
Venue:
DLA Piper LLP, London
CPD:
4.5

Training programmes

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Update

In association with Hunton & Williams

This advanced course is ideal for Local Authority Lawyers already advising on the Data Protection Act, and the Freedom of Information Act as well as Local Authority Officers responsible for information management.  Basic understanding and experience of these Acts is assumed. 

Learn from an expert panel of speakers.

Chair:
Bridget Treacy, Hunton & Williams 

This course will cover:

A View from the ICO:

  • Case handling, monitoring and enforcement under the new Information Commissioner
  • ICO’s hot topics for local authorities

FOI Case Law Update:

  • Overview of the key FOI decisions from the Information Commissioner’s Office and the Information Tribunal in the last 12 months

FOI - A Practitioner’s View

  • Understanding FOI
  • Responding to FOI requests

Data Breach: Managing the Inevitable

  • Key areas of risk
  • Responding to the inevitable
  • Creating a data breach incident management plan

Cloud Computing and Local Authorities - why the fuss?

  • Getting to grips with the cloud
  • Identifying key data protection risks
  • A pragmatic approach to data in the cloud

Employee Monitoring

  • Balancing the interests of the company against the rights of employees
  • Complying with the DPA and RIPA 

Data Sharing

  • Recognising data sharing
  • Creating a data sharing framework

Question & Answer Sessions with the expert panel of speakers

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