Data protection act 2018
Main purpose to implement GDPR
controls pose of personal information by organisations and businesses
Enforced by information commissioners office which is funded by a charge on data controllers - stores personal info
UK general data protection regulation 2016
Came after brexit
7 main principles:
Lawfulness, fairness & transparency
Purpose limitation
Data minimisation
Accuracy
Storage limitation
Integrity and confidentiality
Accountability
Social media in healthcare positives
Awareness/campaigns
Correcting misinformation
Crisis communicating and monitoring
Monitoring public health
Data gathering
Prevent support networks
Recruitment and marketing
Social media in health care restrictions
Sensitive/personal information
Maintain professional boundaries
Sharing of inaccurate information
Reputational damage
Liability for any discriminatory posts
Usage of IT systems to record and store information advantages
Ease of access, speed of data analysis, greater data security, standardisation of data, continuous monitoring of data ability, cost and space saving, integrated working
Usage of IT systems to record and store information risks
Potential for corruption of data, security breaches, ransom ware attacks, systems may fail
Data and information
Data is words and numbers, information gives data context
Collection methods include surveys, interviews, observations, group discussions
Two types: qualitative and quantitative
