These two chapters have been covered together as they closely relate to one another in relation to FOI practices. This is a fairly short post (surprise!) so I open up the discussion to you all. What did you find interesting about these chapters? I encourage you to discuss your findings below.
Article of the week
Through one of my weekly subscriptions I came across this article. Even though it is from the UK, it is still very relevant for us here in Australia. The article discusses disposal of IT equipment. Obviously certain procedures were not adhered to which meant that security breeches occurred.Read the article in full here. Would love to hear your thoughts about the practices within your agencies about the disposal of resources.
Remember if you have any FOI enquiries please direct them to the FOI hot line on 8204 8786.
Have a great week.
Ciao,
Melisa
Interesting article. Kind of relevant of late with our IT section giving old hard drivers to dispose off. I questioned the data on the device and was told it was all clear.It does leave this a non-techo records person wondering.
ReplyDeleteDeni B
Points of interest in Chapters 4 & 5 for me were:
ReplyDeletePrivacy. What is it? – “The right to be left alone” (Brandeis, 1890s (US Supreme Court Justice) – I love this! Seems hard to do though sometimes in this technological age.
“The Product of DNA testing is increasingly being referred to as data” – I find this interesting because what you are testing is biological but the results are data. The issues around DNA testing and the use of the data is mind boggling and slightly scary. I know if you are an innocent person, providing DNA for testing should hold no fear and yet I am still slightly fearful as to what other uses this information could be used for. Does anyone else feel like this? - Maryann C.