This user-friendly handbook provides advice and guidance to HR and payroll professionals on complying with the Data Protection Act 1998, concerning issues within the act specific to HR and payroll. Such issues include data protection in recruitment and selection, data protection and employee records, data protection and health records, equality and equal opportunities monitoring, who is the data controller? the registration process, retention periods for payroll data, processing of sensitive data and data security. With the contents based on the DPA Code of Practice and therefore easy to follow in format, Data Protection: A Guide to Legal Compliance for HR and Payroll truly is a one-stop reference guide for both the HR & payroll manager.