# Monitoring Data Handling Desk
> Decide who may see monitoring data, how long you keep it and how staff can ask about it, then write those decisions into your policy.

## Guides
- [Who Gets Access: A Need-to-Know List](https://monitoring-data-handling.pages.dev/need-to-know-access-monitoring-data/): Need to know access monitoring data means giving each authorised person access only to the records required for a defined responsibility.
- [Retention Schedules in Plain Terms](https://monitoring-data-handling.pages.dev/retention-schedule-monitoring-data/): A retention schedule monitoring data arrangement specifies what workplace monitoring records are kept, why they are needed, when they are reviewed and when.
- [Responding When Staff Ask to See Their Data](https://monitoring-data-handling.pages.dev/employee-data-access-request/): An employee data access request should be acknowledged, assessed and handled through a documented process that identifies the relevant monitoring records and.
- [Security Basics for Stored Monitoring Records](https://monitoring-data-handling.pages.dev/secure-monitoring-records-employer/): A secure monitoring records employer process should protect stored workplace data through appropriate technical safeguards, controlled systems, secure.
- [What to Do After a Data Mistake](https://monitoring-data-handling.pages.dev/monitoring-data-breach-response-small/): A monitoring data breach response small business procedure should begin with containing the exposure, preserving relevant evidence and establishing what.

## About
- [About Monitoring Data Handling Desk](https://monitoring-data-handling.pages.dev/about/): responsible use, how the site is funded and how guides are made

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