FYI: Voluntary Code - Guidance for Sharing Data Between Organisations

Data sharing is a part of life these days but what are organisations doing to make sure that your personal information — email addresses, health data, bank account information, photos — is being protected?

This article on the Institute of IT Professionals TechBlog reveals that organisations which take these issues seriously are coming up with their own internal policy and guidelines. The premise is that for data sharing between organisations to be straightforward, there needs to a common understanding of basic policy and practice.