Records Management Appendix A: Data Governance Guidelines
- Approver:
- Academic Coordinating Committee
- Policy Owner:
- Associate Vice President, Risk Management
- Policy Lead(s):
- Manager, Campus Safety
- Defining policy:
- Effective date:
- 2021-12-08
- Date of last approval:
- 2021-12-08
- Status:
- Approved
Elaboration
These guidelines set out the principles ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ) follows to ensure data is accurate, reliable, and up-to-date. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, as the data owner, intends to make its institutional data available to authorized users who have a legitimate business need subject to compliance with relevant legislation.
Users of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s data are expected to follow these principles in order to properly utilize and protect the data assets in the custody and control of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ.
Priniciples:
- Integrity – ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s data is protected against improper modification or destruction, and which enables nonrepudiation and authenticity.
- Confidentiality – ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has transparent processes that ensure authorized controls and restrictions are implemented on the access and disclosure of data including protecting personal information.
- Data is managed to ensure it is properly protected relative to its sensitivity to comply with FIPPA and other relevant legislation and internal security protocols.
- Access requests are fielded through the IT Division which manages, but does not own, the approval process.
- Availability – ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ ensures timely and reliable access to and use of its data.
- Accessibility – ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s data is accessible to the relevant users throughout its lifecycle.
- Quality – ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s data quality is defined, measurable, and monitored in order to assess its trustworthiness.
- Single source of truth – ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ seeks to draw from a single source of data as its primary source of information. It endeavours to not create duplicate sources of the same data.
- Disposition – data is destroyed or permanently retained according to approved retention schedules.
Revision Log
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| ​2021-12-01 | ​Academic Forum |
| ​2021-12-08 | ​Academic Coordinating Committee |