Classification of information.

Classification of information.

-SENSITIVE:

• Sensitive information Different holders of information have need to take account of these classifications; For example confidential personal information needs to be held more securely than non-confidential information.
• Sensitive information should not be readily available.Usually it could cause harm if it were to be released. This definition works for business information as well as personal information. 
• The best example of sensitive information is one's medical records were made public? For business sensitive data might include patent information or family recipes for say a drink (example KFC recipe) or high technology items like longer lasting batteries.

  -NON-SENSITIVE:

• This information that clearly should be in the public domain such as the addresses of a head office or the name of a doctor responsible for a practice.

-PRIVATE:

• This is the information directly regarding an individual or an organisation. It would include addresses, phone numbers, nationality, gender and marital status. as such it is covered by one of the provisions of the data protection act (1998) and would need to be held in a manner commensurate with the provisions of the act.
• Any other information that was not personal would not be covered under the act. 

-PUBLIC:

• This is not information that is in the public domain but information about organisations that are publicly owned or the government. 

-PERSONAL:

• This is information about a specific individual such as a phone number. 

-Business:

• Simply, this is information in the public domain about a business such as its annual sales which would be published in its accounts on a annual basis. 

-CONFIDENTIAL:

• This is private information that is to be kept private. This is a higher degree of restriction than sensitive information and implies a degree of professional conduct on behalf of the recipient. For example a report regarding a particular student at the school or a report from one medical professional to another regarding a patient. 

-CLASSIFIED:

• This is public information that is to be kept private such as NHS records. 

-ANONYMISED:

• Information that is fully anonymised has any information that would enable an individual or organisation to be identified, Removed. Logically partially anonymised data has some but not all of the information removed. (Partially or completely anonymised). 

-IMPACT ON STAKEHOLDERS:

• Stakeholders are those individuals or organisations with an interest in or are impacted by the actions of an organisation. Stakeholders can be internal or external to the organisation.