Reading List

These official sources back the course content and can help you check local policy, support supervision and refresh your knowledge. The course refers to ICO guidance for UK data protection and GOV.UK where residential care and safeguarding information-sharing apply.

ICO Data Protection Guidance

• ICO: What is personal data?
  Plain-language ICO guidance on what counts as personal data.
• ICO: What is special category data?
  Guidance on more sensitive information that requires extra protection.
• ICO: Lawfulness, fairness and transparency
  Clear overview of a core UK GDPR principle.
• ICO: Data minimisation
  Explains why personal data should be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary.
• ICO: A guide to the data protection principles
  Overview of UK GDPR principles including security, accuracy, storage limitation and accountability.
• ICO: Personal data breaches - a guide
  Guidance on recognising and responding to personal data breaches.

Residential And Safeguarding Context

• Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026
  England safeguarding guidance used where child-safety information sharing is relevant.
• Children's homes regulations, including quality standards: guide
  England guidance on residential care context and record-keeping expectations.

Use these sources to inform local policy, and always follow the home's approved systems for record-keeping and breach escalation.