The UWI, like other leading institutions, must properly protect the Data it collects from all sources and especially the Personal Data of its staff, students and alumni. The UWI Data Protection Policy (DPP) outlines the ways in which the University manages Personal data at various stages, including the rights of the person to whom the data relates, to access this data.
Data plays an extremely important role in our everyday life, especially now, in what is described as the digital age. Data Privacy is a fairly broad concept which refers to the conditions that enable the foundation of human dignity and autonomy.
Data Protection is defined as the means by which the privacy rights of individuals are safeguarded in relation to the processing of their Personal Data including the sharing of Personal Data held by The UWI.
The UWI endeavours to protect and respect the privacy rights of individuals
UWI endeavours to comply with Data Protection legislation and policies
There are three steps to managing a Data breach:
University Data Protection Office
2A Hermitage Road, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies
Telephone: (876) 977-3015 (ext.) 8789, 8929
Email: dpo@uwi.edu
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