Protection plan
13 September 2012
If your organisation is outsourcing work that involves processing personal data, it must make sure the information is protected before it signs the deal. Jonathan Fitzgibbons explains
Last month, MPs tried to derail plans by National Statistics to outsource data processing work for the UK register of births, marriages and deaths to India. They didn’t succeed, but the proposal caused heated debate about privacy and the potential misuse of information disclosed to service providers.
But their attempt highlights an important issue for...