This guidance is designed to outline the relationship between the public sector equality duty and the Data Protection Act 1998 and explains that authorities should have a clear rationale for the collection and use of personal data and that they should consider how they can minimise risks to privacy. The guidance provides advice for public authorities in England that are legally required
(Edited publisher abstract)
This guidance is designed to outline the relationship between the public sector equality duty and the Data Protection Act 1998 and explains that authorities should have a clear rationale for the collection and use of personal data and that they should consider how they can minimise risks to privacy. The guidance provides advice for public authorities in England that are legally required to publish equality information. It will also be helpful for authorities when they collect and use data about people sharing particular protected characteristics (sometimes called ‘equality monitoring’) in order to build an evidence base to support compliance with the duty.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
equal opportunities, confidentiality, data protection, privacy;
Qualitative Social Work, 10(4), December 2011, pp.520-536.
Publisher:
Sage
This article describes how, in the context of debate about social work's knowledge base, core social work activity might be identified. Based on a conversation between a social worker and two service users, two claims are made. First, that despite concerns with uncertainty in late modernity, some features of interaction remain inherently certain. These include: ‘materiality’, or the setting and its participants are taken as real; ‘identity’, or that participants engage on the basis that they are who they say they are; ‘taken for granted aspects of social organisation’, or all participants can hold a conversation until shown otherwise; and ‘historicity’, referring to a pre-existing set of accounts, justifications, reasons and communicative orderings. The authors concluded that these expectations provide the resource for topic seeking and practices that may be necessary to social work such as ‘authorized breaching of the domestic sphere and private life’.
This article describes how, in the context of debate about social work's knowledge base, core social work activity might be identified. Based on a conversation between a social worker and two service users, two claims are made. First, that despite concerns with uncertainty in late modernity, some features of interaction remain inherently certain. These include: ‘materiality’, or the setting and its participants are taken as real; ‘identity’, or that participants engage on the basis that they are who they say they are; ‘taken for granted aspects of social organisation’, or all participants can hold a conversation until shown otherwise; and ‘historicity’, referring to a pre-existing set of accounts, justifications, reasons and communicative orderings. The authors concluded that these expectations provide the resource for topic seeking and practices that may be necessary to social work such as ‘authorized breaching of the domestic sphere and private life’.
Subject terms:
privacy, social work, social workers, social worker-service user relationships;
Rule changes came into force in April 2009 which allow media representatives to attend most family proceedings, although still very restricted, they throw into even sharper relief issues of open justice, privacy and confidentiality. The changes also provide that the court can exclude such representatives from all (or part) of individual hearings for reasons set out in the relevant Practice
Rule changes came into force in April 2009 which allow media representatives to attend most family proceedings, although still very restricted, they throw into even sharper relief issues of open justice, privacy and confidentiality. The changes also provide that the court can exclude such representatives from all (or part) of individual hearings for reasons set out in the relevant Practice Direction. The new rules require focus on three distinct and separate areas of family law practice: the extent and limits of the rights of media access to the courts and to watch; the extent of what can be reported in relation to cases involving children; and the extent and limit of the right of a party to communicate information for purposes connected with the proceedings. It is anticipated that the changes will lead to an increasing number of applications and representations to the court, often made orally and usually without notice. Against this backdrop, the author aims to provide, in one compendium, commentary and source material than can be readily accessed by judiciary (including magistracy, justices' clerks, legal advisers), barristers, solicitors, and the press. He examines the extent of the reforms and analyses how they should operate in practice.
Children and Young People Now, 5.3.09, 2009, pp.18-19.
Publisher:
Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
Family courts are due to open to the press from April 2009, despite opposition from some lawyers and children's groups. Divorce cases, child protection hearings and domestic abuse injunctions are among the cases that journalists will be able to cover for the first time. The author asks whether this could leave children vulnerable to unwanted exposure.
Family courts are due to open to the press from April 2009, despite opposition from some lawyers and children's groups. Divorce cases, child protection hearings and domestic abuse injunctions are among the cases that journalists will be able to cover for the first time. The author asks whether this could leave children vulnerable to unwanted exposure.
Children and Society, 22(5), September 2008, pp.393-399.
Publisher:
Wiley
Increasingly, Information Technology is being used to identify, record and track children in England under the banners of child protection, reducing risk and improving outcomes. Discussions about the importance of a child's right to privacy have been sidelined in the rush to embrace systems that seek to expand the amount and types of information held on individuals. However, placing so much faith
Increasingly, Information Technology is being used to identify, record and track children in England under the banners of child protection, reducing risk and improving outcomes. Discussions about the importance of a child's right to privacy have been sidelined in the rush to embrace systems that seek to expand the amount and types of information held on individuals. However, placing so much faith in unproven technological solutions may inadvertently increase levels of risk to children.
Subject terms:
information management, information technology, privacy, childrens rights;
The author examines the principles of open justice in family courts and discusses the validity of the assumptions underlying the Constitution Paper 'Confidence and Confidentiality: Improving Transparency and Privacy in Family Courts' and whether those proposals provide adequate protection for privacy interests, especially those of children.
The author examines the principles of open justice in family courts and discusses the validity of the assumptions underlying the Constitution Paper 'Confidence and Confidentiality: Improving Transparency and Privacy in Family Courts' and whether those proposals provide adequate protection for privacy interests, especially those of children.
Subject terms:
legal proceedings, privacy, confidentiality, Family Courts;
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY CHILD CARE ORGANISATIONS
Publisher:
National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations
Publication year:
2006
Pagination:
8p.
Place of publication:
London
The consultation paper sets out the Government's proposals for improving transparency and privacy in the family courts. The Government is seeking views on the proposals which would mark a major change in the way family courts conduct their business, and a major step towards the dual objective of confidence and confidentiality.
The consultation paper sets out the Government's proposals for improving transparency and privacy in the family courts. The Government is seeking views on the proposals which would mark a major change in the way family courts conduct their business, and a major step towards the dual objective of confidence and confidentiality.
Subject terms:
privacy, children, confidentiality, Family Courts;
Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Quality Action Groups have been set up in different parts of the country as a structured means of bringing 'stakeholders' together to improve services. The author, Quality Assurance Manager at Wiltshire Social Services Department, describes one project and how it achieved greater privacy for a group of people with learning difficulties.
Quality Action Groups have been set up in different parts of the country as a structured means of bringing 'stakeholders' together to improve services. The author, Quality Assurance Manager at Wiltshire Social Services Department, describes one project and how it achieved greater privacy for a group of people with learning difficulties.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, privacy, quality assurance, social care provision;