Relevant Digital Policies & Strategies

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As part of setting up any website there are a number of policies, laws strategies etc… that we need to follow. The key ones are detailed below. In the coming weeks a series of posts will outline what is involved in any new Digital initiative.

• editorial
  1. Document: Content strategy
  2. Document: Tone-Voice Style Guide

• design & usability
  1. Follow GDS Design Principles https://www.gov.uk/design-principles
  2. Document: SDI_Web_Styleguide.pdf (coming soon)
  3. Document: SE_Web_Styleguide.pdf ((coming soon))

• accessibility
  1. Adhere to UK Equality act
  2. Using techniques from WCAG 2.0
     http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/
  3. follow best practice in BS 8878:2010

• security protocols
  1. Document: info_sec_policy_v5_final

• data protection
  1. Scottish Government Privacy Principles:
     http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/12/PrivacyPrinciples
  2. UK Data Protection Laws
     https://www.gov.uk/data-protection/the-data-protection-act
     http://ico.org.uk/for_organisations/data_protection