The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) form the backbone of data protection legislation in the UK.
These laws apply to any organisation that processes personal data, including Queen’s University Belfast. This includes data collected, stored, or processed via Qsis, the University’s student information system.
Your Responsibilities
Whether you are a member of staff or a student at Queen’s, you may handle personal data through Qsis as part of your role. Some of this data may be classified as special category data (e.g., health, ethnicity, or disability data), which requires extra protection under the law.
All individuals accessing Qsis have a legal and ethical obligation to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of this data.
To comply with UK data protection law, it is essential to be familiar with key data protection policies and procedures, such as:
- Queen's Data Protection Policy
- Queen's Data Sharing Policy
- Queen's Freedom of Information Policy
- Data breach reporting protocols
Compliance and Support
Queen’s University has established robust policies, procedures, and training to ensure compliance with data protection requirements. These help safeguard the personal data of students, staff, and others whose data is processed through Qsis.
You can access detailed information about data protection and security at Queen’s by clicking here
