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  - 4 - BPS Boards 1971-1989
    - 01 - BPS Professional Affairs Board PAB / Professional Practice Board 1971-1992; 2005
      - 04 - BPS Professional Affairs Board PAB Working Parties 1975-1988
        
        02 - BPS Professional Affairs Board PAB Working Party on Data Protection Papers 1976-1993

Level	File
Ref No	BPS/001/4/01/04/02/06
Title	BPS Working Party on Open Access to Client Records 1985-1990
Date	1985-1990
Extent	1 file
Physical Description	1 folder
Description	Correspondence concerning the formation of the British Psychological Society Professional Affairs Board Working Party on Open Access to Client Records in 1987. Also includes information a symposium on Ethical Aspects of Aspects of Psychologists Records held during the British Psychologica Society 1987 Annual Conference. This Working Party, convened by Bill Herbert was a successor body to the BPS Working Party on Data Protection (1979-1987) and it was set up with the aim to produce guidance to members on issues of privacy, confidentiality and clients records. The Open Access Working Party was succeeded by the Standing Committee on Confidentiality and Access to Information (1991-1993).
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.
Language	English
Related Material	BPS/001/4/02 BPS Professional Affairs Board BPS/001/4/01/02/08 BPS Professional Affairs Board PAB Papers 1987 BPS/001/4/01/02/09 BPS Professional Affairs Board PAB Papers 1988 BPS/001/4/01/02/04/01 BPS Working Party on Data Protection Correspondence and Reports 1976-1979 BPS/001/4/01/02/04/02 BPS Working Party on Data Protection Correspondence 1976-1985 BPS/001/4/01/02/04/03 BPS Working Party on Data Protection Meetings 1979-1985 BPS/001/4/01/02/04/04 BPS Working Party on Data Protection Guidelines for a Code of Practice on Data Protection 1982-196 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/011/11/04/03/04/14 Comments on Data Protection Act Subject Access to Personal Health Data Order 1985-1988
RelatedRecord	BPS/001/4/01/02/09
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.