In short it is any breach of security that affects the confidentiality, reliability or availability of personal data. A personal data breach is one that leads to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data. The objective of this Policy is to contain any breaches, to minimise the risk associated with the breach and consider what action is necessary to secure personal data and prevent further breaches.ĭata security breaches include both confirmed and suspected incidents. The policy applies to all staff and contractors, whether temporary, casual or agency staff and contractors, consultants, suppliers and data processors working for, or on behalf of Performance Accountancy. This Policy relates to all personal and sensitive data held by the business regardless of format. This Policy sets out the procedure to be followed to ensure a consistent and effective approach is in place for managing data breach and information security incidents.
We are obliged under the Data Protection Act and the GDPR to have in place a framework designed to ensure the security of all personal data during its lifecycle. Compromise of information, confidentiality, integrity, or availability may result in harm to individual(s), reputational damage, detrimental effect on service provision, legislative noncompliance, and/or financial costs. Every care is taken to protect personal data from incidents (either accidentally or deliberately) to avoid a data protection breach that could compromise security. Performance Accountancy holds, processes, and shares a large amount of personal data, a valuable asset that needs to be suitably protected.
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