Confidentiality Flashcards
What is the general data protection regulation?
- Focuses on processing personal data
- Ensures data is processed lawfully, fairly + in transparent manner
Define data subject
Identifiable living natural individual
Define data processing
Collecting, recording, storing use and disclosure of data
Define data controller
Person w/ overall responsibility for processing info
Define information commissioner’s office
Independent authority which uphold information rights in public interest
What is classed as personal info?
Anything used to identify person
What must be applied in order to process special category data?
- Data subject given explicit consent
- Processing is necessary to purpose of provision of healthcare
- Processing under responsibility of professional
What are the 2 types of consent?
- Explicit
- Implied
Disclosure of confidential information can happen when what happens?
- Patient agrees to info being disclosed
- Law requires info to be disclosed
- In public interest
Who can access information when disclosure is required by law?
- Police
- Healthcare regulator
- NHS counter-fraud investigation officer
- Coroner, judge
Give examples of data security in the pharmacy
- Rx visibility
- Shouting out patients’ details when collecting Rx
- Lost prescriptions
- Lost keys to premises/filing cabinet
- Sending email w/ data to incorrect person
When should a data breach be reported?
to ICO w/in 72 hrs of the breach
