the syllabus
The syllabus for the Certificate has been revised recently to take account of the changes in legislation since the last issue in 1999. There are five parts to the new syllabus as follows:
- Context - this concentrates less on the early history of data protection in the 1970's and more on the relationship with privacy and human rights and the key events since 1980 in the development of the legislation.
- Law - Data Protection Act - covering the main concepts of the 1998 Act and subordinate legislation
- Law - Telecommunications Regulations - covering the relationship of the regulations to the Data Protection Act.
- Law - Associated Legislation - to include relevant parts of legislation such as Freedom of Information Act, Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, etc., which impact upon the Data Protection Act.
- Application - how compliance is achieved and the Act works in practise.
