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Security of your personal data

Public Health Wales recognises that your personal data is very valuable, and so we take its security very seriously.
 
We employ robust technical measures to secure your personal data and access to it is restricted to people who have a need to process it in line with their work.
 
All Public Health Wales staff are bound by contracts which include clear responsibilities in relation to confidentiality. All of our non-medical staff have the same duty of confidentiality as healthcare professionals such as Doctors and Nurses.
 
All of our staff must attend training in what we call Information Governance. Amongst other things, this training makes them understand the importance of confidentiality and security of your personal data and makes clear that they are personally responsible for the security of any information which they are processing. They must attend this training at least once every two years and must pass a test to demonstrate that they have understood it. The expectations we have on our staff are set out in the Information Governance Policy. Failing to comply with this policy is a disciplinary offence.
 
We regularly audit access to personal data to ensure that it is being processed appropriately.