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Full Day

All the very latest information you need to know to comply with the new measures and avoid the new monetary penalties now in force. Changes in the law in Northern Ireland in April of this year mean that every organisation must now take very seriously its duties relating to the handling and processing of data or risk a fine of up to £500,000 by the Information Commissioners Office.

Description

From Tuesday 6th April the Information Commissioners Office has new powers to fine organisations who lose or are careless with their data. Fines have been increased from £5,000 to £500,000, meaning companies can no longer neglect to protect people's privacy.
This full day conference aims to explain the responsibility of organisations in gathering, processing & handling of employee or customer data. In the afternoon, three streams have been designed to enhance your knowledge in one of these areas;

•   Customer Data
•   Marketing both Online and Off-Line
•   Human Resources

Event Programme:

Stream One:

Stream Two:

Stream Three:

This is a Multi Speaker Event:

Ronan Durnin ~ Information Manager for NIGALA

Ronan is currently the Information Manager for NIGALA, responsible for all IT systems, as well as compliance with FOI and DPA legislation. He has held a variety of positions within the general IT/Records Management fields, ensuring electronic files are compliant with internal process and then signing off on the destruction of paper. He was one of the first in the NI NHS to achieve the ISEB Certificates in Data Protection and Freedom of Information - the only qualifications for these pieces of legislation and also holds a number of Microsoft Professional Certificates.

Willa Mawhinney ~ Head of Compliance with Allianz

Willa Mawhinney is currently Head of Compliance with Allianz in Ireland and has been working in consumer regulation since 2003. She looks after data protection and all other regulatory compliance in both Ireland and Northern Ireland, as the company operates in both jurisdictions. She also represents Ireland on the Allianz International Compliance Forum, which brings together compliance officers from over 70 countries worldwide.

Claire McNally ~ Assistant Solicitor with Cleaver Fulton Rankin

Claire is an Assistant Solicitor with Cleaver Fulton Rankin and regularly advises clients on the legal and practical application of the Data Protection Act and the Freedom of Information Act, including the effect of the Acts on employment/HR issues. Claire also assists public and private sector organisations in relation to the drafting of tailored clauses and policies under FoI and DPA.

Brian Nelson ~ Managing Director of Forth Communication

Brian Nelson is a Fellow of the Institute of Direct Marketing and has been involved in Direct Marketing since 1985, being Group Managing Director of the Ardmore Group, which owned an Advertising Agency, a Direct Marketing & Mailing company and a Telephone Contact Centre. The Group was sold in 2000 with the Direct Marketing & Call Centre being bought by MM Group. He is now Managing Director of Forth Communication, located in Bangor and Edinburgh and a major provider of data services & database software into the Financial Services, Utilities and Leisure Markets.

Maria O'Loan ~ Associate Solicitor with Cleaver Fulton Rankin

Maria O'Loan is an Associate Solicitor with Cleaver Fulton Rankin specialising in Data Protection and Freedom of Information. She regularly advises both the public and private sectors in respect of their obligations and rights under the Data Protection Act and Freedom of Information Act, dealing with information requests, applying exemptions, drafting data protection policies and drafting Freedom of Information Act clauses for public sector contracts.

Catherine Vint ~ Senior Investigator in the Information Commissioner's Office, Northern Ireland

Catherine's work involves Freedom of Information and Environmental Information cases, as well as advising on Data Protection and information sharing issues.

Niall McKeown ~ ION TEchnologies

Niall formed ION Technologies in 1999. The company has grown organically to become one of the leading providers of email marketing solutions in the world. Privately owned and profitable, ION has distinguished itself as experts in digital marketing and has helped companies such as ESPN Classic, Encyclopaedia Britannica, the European Bank and NEC Philips weave their off-line marketing campaigns into their on-line digital marketing strategies.

Brian Grimshaw ~ MD, Sinai Training Solutions Ltd. Management Consulting

Brian is currently providing consultancy, training and testing in the areas of access to information (FOIA, EIR); using information as a business improvement tool; the proactive management of information vulnerability; and the development of robust and effective policies, procedures and protocols. He is currently advising local and Mid Eastern public and private sectors clients in the difficult challenges of ensuring the availability of information for operational use and decision making, while assuring its security from unauthorised access, dissemination and loss.

Date ~ 3 June 2010

Location ~ Dunsilly Hotel (formerly Comfort Inn), Antrim

Cost ~

Full: £295 + VAT

Charity: £236 + VAT

• "The event was well organised in every manner. The speakers were of excellent quality and provided valuable feedback to questions." Andrea McIlroy, Trainee Solicitor, Northern Ireland's Ombudsman's Office.

  "The speakers were all very well prepared, and all topics were up to date and relevant." Fiona Woods, Bursar, Bangor Grammar School.

  "Relevant to organisation needs - presenters easy to understand and knowledgeable." Robert Crothers, Finance and Administration Manager, Northern Ireland Hospice.

  3rd June 2010, Dunsilly Hotel, Antrim