LO2 2.2 Information classification

Question 1

What is sensitive information?

Answer 1

Information that should not be generally available

Question 2

What would happen if sensitive information would be released?

Answer 2

It could cause harm.

Question 3

For what type of information does the definition of sensitive information work for?

Answer 3

The definition works for business information as well as it does for personal information.

Question 4

What would be an example of sensitive personal information?

Answer 4

Medical records.

Question 5

What should information should not be generally available?

Answer 5

Medical records- they are clearly personal.

Question 6

What is an example of non sensitive information?

Answer 6

Business information such as addresses of shops in the chain, or of the head office.

Question 7

What is private information?

Answer 7

Information about individuals or organisations - addresses, phone numbers, nationality, gender and martial status.

Question 8

What type of information is covered by the Data Protection Act?

Answer 8

Private information.

Question 9

In what way does private Data need to be held?

Answer 9

In a legal manner.

Question 10

What would happen to information that was not personal?

Answer 10

It would not be covered by the Data Protection Act.

Question 11

What is public information?

Answer 11

Information about government and other publicity owned.

Question 12

What is personal information?

Answer 12

Information about individuals e.g. an individuals phone number.

Question 13

What is business information?

Answer 13

Information about the business e.g. annual sales figures of an organisation.

Question 14

What is confidential information?

Answer 14

Private information that is kept private.

Question 15

What type of information is kept at a higher degree of restriction than sensitive information?

Answer 15

Confidential information

Question 16

What is an example of sensitive information?

Answer 16

A report about the needs of an individual student at a school.

Question 17

What type of information would be needed for some staff?

Answer 17

Confidential information would be needed for some staff, but definitely not for other students.

Question 18

What is classified information?

Answer 18

Public information that should be kept private e.g. the NHS patient.

Question 19

What is completely ananymised information?

Answer 19

Information that is completely ananymised has had any information that could link the record to the source, or the person to the orgnisation it’s about, removed.

Question 20

What is partially anonymised information?

Answer 20

Information has ha some information removed.

Question 21

What are stakeholders?

Answer 21

Stakeholders are those who have interest in or are impacted by, the actions of an organisation.

Question 22

What type of stakeholders are there?

Answer 22

Internal or external.

Question 23

What do stakeholders need to take account of?

Answer 23

Confidential personal information needs to be held more securely than non-confidential information.