------------------------------------------------- The Data Protection Act (UK – 1998‚ Malta – 2001): The DPA concerns the “collection‚ recording‚ organization‚ storage‚ adaptation‚ alteration‚ retrieval‚ gathering‚ use‚ disclosure‚ blocking‚ erasure or destruction of personal data”. The purpose of the Data Protection Act: a. The purpose of the DPA is to protect living individuals against the misuse of their personal data. Examples of such misuse could include exposing of personal data
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themselves or different from. It is very important to communicate these types of preferences to a health care provider and professional. The client must feel comfortable seeking health care; otherwise‚ they may shy away from it. It is important to answer all of these questions when dealing with clients because people have to feel comfortable when seeking health care and sharing information about their health. If they are not comfortable then serious problems may go on unacknowledged due to lack of
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Patent Protection and TRIPS Agreement Bangladeshi pharmaceutical firms focus primarily on branded generic final formulations using imported APIs. Branded generics are a category of drugs including prescription products that are either novel dosage forms of off-patent products produced by a manufacturer that is not the originator of the molecule‚ or a molecule copy of an off-patent product with a trade name. About 80% of the drugs sold in Bangladesh are generics and 20% are patented drugs. The
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The 8 Principals of Data Protection The Act regulates the use of “personal data”. To understand what this means we need first to look at how the Act works or defines the word “data” Data means; information which- a) is being processed by operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose. b) Is recorded with the intention that it should be processed. c) Is recorded as part of a relevant filing system with the intention that it should form part of relevant
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Environmental protection and health concerns are a very important issue in today’s world as humans are corroding the environment at a very high pace. Each individual has a responsibility towards the environment‚ as we all are an integral part of the nature. The ethical issues we are facing towards the nature and environment will depict our future and our future generation’s potential. The ecological and the human health concerns should be the top priority as the extreme use of fossils fuels and non
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CHAPTER 2 The legal and regulatory framework for environmental protection in India Legislation for environmental protection in India Water Water quality standards especially those for drinking water are set by the Indian Council of Medical Research. These bear close resemblance to WHO standards. The discharge of industrial effluents is regulated by the Indian Standard Codes and recently‚ water quality standards for coastal water marine outfalls have also been specified. In addition to the
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The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament which defines UK law on the processing of data on identifiable living people. It is the main piece of legislation that governs the protection of personal data in the UK. Although the Act itself does not mention privacy‚ it was enacted to bring UK law into line with the EU data protection directive of 1995 which required Member States to protect people’s fundamental rights and freedoms and in particular their right to privacy
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change and thus evolution to take place. Natural ecosystems have provided much that has been of benefit to humanity and with careful protection it can last for many more generations. Management strategies involving sustainable development‚ total preservation and the educating of the populace are becoming progressively more important in today’s society and for the protection of ecosystems. Ecosystems such as the Amazon basin with its rich biodiversity including swamps‚ mangroves‚ forests and savannah and
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Assignment 204 Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care Task C Ci Explain what a social care worker must do if they become aware of unsafe practice. Any unsafe practice should be recorded and reported to the manager in order to be corrected‚ informing all of the staff by providing training or necessary information. Cii Describe what a social care worker must do if unsafe practice is reported but nothing is done to ensure it is corrected. A social care worker has a duty
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able to trust us as practitioners to keep their information private. Confidentiality of any individuals who deal with the nursery is to be respected at all times‚ however if a child is believed to be at risk or has been harmed in any way then child protection procedures take precedence and confidentiality may have to broken. Giving out information unless in the case of the above could have serious consequences. Not only would the trust between the individual and the setting is lost but also the individual
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