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UFCFEY 15 M

UFCFEY-15-M Data and Information Governance

Overview

This module provides an essential set of knowledge and skills related to the legal and ethical management and organisation of information and data. With growing internal holdings, organisations need to implement best practice, manage risk and ensure compliance with regulations concerning privacy, data protection and copyright. This module will help students to develop competencies to take on this kind of governance in future roles, both through strategic and long-term planning and through technical and practical data management methods

Objectives

  1. To develop a sound knowledge and appreciation of key aspects of data protection law and understand how it is affected by the UK, European and global contexts in which it operates
  2. To critically assess the principles, practicalities and ethical issues involved in Data Protection/FOI
  3. to critically and effectively apply key data and information governance, compliance and risk management principles and practice
  4. To design artefacts to meet the legal, regulatory, organisational and/or societal requirements for data and information governance

Curriculum

  • Introduction to Data Protection Law including GDPR
  • Freedom of Information Act and other data protection legislation
  • The work of the Information Commissioner’s Office
  • Information and data quality processes and standards (e.g. Master data, data catalogues and metadata)
  • Information and data governance key concepts and principles focusing on security, architecture, risk and business continuity frameworks
  • Governance audits, risk assessment and ethical issues
  • Strategies, policy, practical procedures (e.g. data anonymisation) and tools
  • Embedding information governance and security (including roles, responsibilities and culture)
  • Awareness and engagement practices for the workplace (including data literacy, training, needs analysis etc.)
  • The role of technology in information governance, security and risk management

Assessment

Portfolio: A series of practical and written tasks to assess knowledge of regulation, compliance, strategy and implementation (3-6 discrete tasks)