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Data ethics and privacy

Data ethics and privacy involves using data and emerging data techniques in compliance with ethical and legal obligations.

Quoted from the UK GDaD PCF.

Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

  • explain the importance of using data ethics and privacy in your work
  • identify appropriate channels to discuss ethical issues, with support
2. Working

You can:

  • apply fundamental principles of data ethics and privacy in your work under supervision
  • share data ethics and privacy risks through appropriate channels
3. Practitioner

You can:

  • work with stakeholders to identify and address ethical and privacy concerns
  • demonstrate and communicate how data ethical issues fit into the wider organisational context
  • research developments in data ethics and privacy to improve compliance and processes
  • assess and constructively challenge proposed data ethics policies
4. Expert

You can:

  • oversee compliance with data ethics standards and legislation across the organisation
  • develop, manage and continuously improve an ethical framework within your area
  • develop a data ethics culture, influencing others to act on it
  • ensure data ethics is applied appropriately when formulating, implementing and evaluating organisational policies and programmes

Contains public sector information from the UK Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (https://understand-digital-data-roles-skills.service.gov.uk/), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.

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Role levels that expect this skill

Role levelRoleBandExpected level
Associate data analystData analyst5Awareness
Data analystData analyst6Working
Senior data analystData analyst7Practitioner
Principal data analystData analyst8bPractitioner
Data governance managerData governance manager7Working
Lead data governance managerData governance manager8bPractitioner
Head of data governanceData governance manager8cExpert
Deputy data protection officerData protection officer8aPractitioner
Data protection officerData protection officer8bExpert
Senior data protection officerData protection officer8cExpert
Trainee data scientistData scientist4Awareness
Associate data scientistData scientist5Working
Data scientistData scientist6Practitioner
Principal data scientistData scientist7Practitioner
Lead data scientistData scientist8aExpert
Head of data scienceData scientist8bExpert
Senior information governance officerInformation governance officer5Working
Information governance leadInformation governance officer6Practitioner
Information governance managerInformation governance officer7Practitioner
Head of information governanceInformation governance officer8aExpert
Senior machine learning engineerMachine learning engineer7Practitioner
Lead machine learning engineerMachine learning engineer8bPractitioner