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Click to show the answer For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998, what constitutes personal data?

Click to show the answer What is sensitive personal data, and can it be held on a personal file?

Click to show the answer What principles are employers obliged to follow in order to ensure that personal data is handled correctly?

Click to show the answer In relation to the Data Protection Act 1998, what does 'processing' data mean?

Click to show the answer When did the Data Protection Act 1998 come into effect?

Click to show the answer Do the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 apply only to personal data held on computer?

Click to show the answer Before an employer can process personal data are there any specific conditions that must be met?

Click to show the answer What rights does an employee have under the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to his or her personal file?

Click to show the answer If an employee asks for a copy of his or her 'personnel file' is the employer obliged to supply all the information held on the employee?

Click to show the answer Can an employee insist that information about him or her is removed from his or her personal file?

Click to show the answer Is there any information an employee may not see under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998?

Click to show the answer What rights of access do employees have to job references?

Click to show the answer Where a job applicant does not give his or her current or most recent employer as a named referee, can this employer be contacted instead of the named referee?

Click to show the answer Where an individual's employment offer is withdrawn due to an unsatisfactory reference does he or she have any right to see the reference?

Click to show the answer Do job applicants have the right to see notes made on them at interview?

Click to show the answer Aside from discriminatory questions are there any other restrictions on the type of information that employers are allowed to gather from job applicants?

Click to show the answer Does an employer have the right to retain any personal data gathered during the application process?

Click to show the answer Can employers use computers as the sole instrument to judge an individual's performance, reliability or conduct?

Click to show the answer Can an employer hold an unsuccessful candidate's CV on file in case a further job vacancy arises?

Click to show the answer Where an unsuccessful job applicant asks for details of why he or she was not offered the job is the employer obliged to disclose those details?

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