Standard Six: Media, Communications & Data Privacy
Overview: Sharing stories is a powerful way to demonstrate the impact of the Girl Guide and Girl Scout Movement. WAGGGS will ensure that no harm comes from our publicity activities, communication materials or campaigns. WAGGGS will comply with UK GDPR law and best practice in the handling of personal data and confidential information (Data Protection9) and ensure that WAGGGS information is held securely and shared on an appropriate lawful basis.
9 Data Protection –the careful handling of personal data and confidential information and ensuring that information is held securely and shared on an appropriate lawful basis. In January 2021, the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) came into effect, following EU GDRP law as the toughest privacy and security law in the world. It has set high standards for data protection and is based on the principles that privacy is a fundamental human right.