Records Management Compliance, 15th July 2010, London

As a unique benefit related to your membership of ARMA Europe, we are happy to announce that you are entitled to a 15% discount on Record Management Compliance held in London on 15 July.

In just one day, find out how to leverage reporting, training & competence and risk management to raise the positive profile of records management:

Examine the latest developments in:
• FSA Expectations and Intentions
• Key Regulatory and Legal Document Risks
• Taping and Recording Mobile Phone Calls

Benchmark your approach to:
• Defining a Retention / Destruction policy
• Structuring and embedding a Comprehensive Control Framework
• Effectively Communicating the Records Management Message
• The Importance of Networks in records management
Gain practical insights into:
• Legal Requirements Across Key Jurisdictions
• Selective E-mail Risk Management and Compliance
• Challenges of Electronic Document Regulatory Compliance

To view the latest agenda or register please visit:
http://www.informaglobalevents.com/RecordsManagementAL
Hear practical case studies from leading experts including;
• BARCLAYS, Louis Pinto, Business Analyst, Information Management GRCB. Louis will be looking at Effectively Communicating the Records Management Message
• RBS GLOBAL BANKING & MARKETS, Caroline Venamore & Janet Inglis will be illustrating the Importance of Networks in Making Records Management Work

Other expert speakers include:
Stephen Mason, Barrister, CHAMBERS OF STEPHEN MASON
Graham Woolley, Financial Services Account Manager, BUSINESS SYSTEMS (UK)
Paul Henshaw, Compliance Director, 2GETHER CONSULTING
Hazel Grant, Partner, BRISTOWS
Jacqui Huston, Director, 2GETHER CONSULTING
Peter Heywood, Development Consultant, STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE AGENTS

To view the latest agenda or register please visit:
http://www.informaglobalevents.com/RecordsManagementBL

Plus, don’t miss out on the highly practical workshop:
Records Management Compliant Environment
16th July 2010

Register by Friday 11 June 2010 and SAVE up to £600!

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Europeans to Have Online Access to Medical Records by 2015

The European Commission has set a goal to give all Europeans "secure, online access to their medical health data by 2015," Government Health IT reported. According to the article, "The European Commission is proposing ambitious, wide-ranging public investments in digital technologies that will allow it to tackle looming challenges, including the support of an aging population and limiting health care costs." The EC is also "proposing that a minimum, common set of patient data be defined that will allow patient records to be accessed or exchanged electronically across all of the EU's 27 member states by 2012."

One potential roadblock to this vision, however, is that over "30% of Europeans have never used the Internet."

Source: www.arma.org

European Region website - coming soon

Yes, you read right....we're hoping to launch the ARMA Europe website very soon. I'd like to understand what you'd like to see on it - it is after all your resource so the content should reflect your needs as records professionals in Europe.
There are already many chapter and region sites out there - you can get to these via the main website. Take a look around and let us know what you'd like on your site...either post suggestions back here so we can all discuss or send direct to me (gavin.siggers@healdan.co.uk).
We'll also need some help in running the site - feel free to volunteer.

Gavin Siggers
Director, ARMA Europe

Austria wants sanctions for data gathering after Google ‘accident'

EUobserver reports that in the wake of an admission by internet search giant Google that it had accidentally collected data from unencrypted wifi networks in people's homes while its fleet of cars were out photographing buildings and roads for its ‘Street View' map service, Austria has said it wants to make such moves punishable.

click here for more

Internet search engines scolded by EU regulators

Euractiv.com reports that EU regulators have reprimanded major search engines Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft's Bing for storing data search queries for too long and by so doing overlooking the bloc's Data Protection Directive. More here

EU countries probe Google data breach

According to Euractiv.com, Google is starting to feel the heat in Europe as several countries launch probes and demand more details about the companies' street-mapping technology, after it emerged that the application had inadvertently collected people's private information.

continue reading here: http://www.euractiv.com/en/infosociety/eu-countries-probe-google-data-breach-news-494433?utm_source=EurActiv+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e367f6aa96-my_google_analytics_key&utm_medium=email

Brussels rolls out 10-year internet masterplan

Half of Europeans subscribing to ultra-high-speed broadband by 2020, bringing an end to 'digital virgins' and the creation of a European cyber-attack response system - these are just some of the ambitious goals contained in the EU's 10-year plan for the online world.

http://euobserver.com/9/30105/?rk=1