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        02 - BPS Professional Affairs Board PAB Working Party on Data Protection Papers 1976-1993

Level	File
Ref No	BPS/001/4/01/04/02/04
Title	BPS Working Party on Data Protection - Guidelines for a Code of Practice on Data Protection 1982-1986
Date	1982-1986
Extent	1 file
Physical Description	1 folder
Description	Drafts, correspondence and agreed version of the British Psychological Society Professional Affairs Board Working Party on Data Protection 'Guidelines for a Code on Data Protection (1983). Also includes MRC 'Responsibility in the use of Medical Information for Research'. Correspondence with the Data Protection Registrar concerning 'The Data Protection Act 1984 Questions and Answers' and proposed guidance on the act to be published in the Bulletin of the British Psychological Society (1986).
Format	File
Notes	The History of Psychology Centre is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our users. Be aware that our catalogue contains historic terminology relating to mental health which could be considered offensive. The terminology exists within the original record and has been retained to inform users on viewpoints at the time. It in no way reflects the attitudes of the cataloguers or the British Psychological Society.
Notes	File of Colin Newman British Psychological Society Scientific and Professional Secretary
Language	English
Related Material	BPS/001/4/02 BPS Professional Affairs Board BPS/001/4/01/02/04 BPS Professional Affairs Board Papers 1983 BPS/001/4/01/02/05 BPS Professional Affairs Board Papers 1984 BPS/001/11/04/03/03/19 Evidence and Response to the Data Protection Committee 1977-1979 BPS/001/11/04/03/04/07 Response to Data Protection Legislation 1982-1988 BPS/001/11/04/03/04/06 Response to DHSS Document 'Client Access to Personal Social Services' BPS/001/11/04/03/04/14 Comments on Data Protection Subject Access to Personal Health Data
AccessConditions	Registered Users by Appointment Only.
AccessStatus	Open
Location	13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London
Term	Access to Information
	Data Protection
	Communication Legislation
	Communication Control
AdminHistory	After a report on Data Protection by Sir Norman Lindrop in 1978 the Professional Affairs Board (PAB) agreed in November 1979 to set up a Working Party on Data Protection to monitor initiatives which culminated in the 1984 Data Protection Act. Convener, Mr Alastair Maclean
Copyright	Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of the History of Psychology Centre and Archives and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material
Rules	Description compiled in line with the following: ISAD (G) General International Standard Archival Description MAD3 Third Edition 2000
ArchNote	Compiled by Claire Jackson BPS Archivist History of Psychology Centre.