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Data Protection Act 1998 Description English: An Act to make new provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to individuals, including the obtaining, holding, use or disclosure of such information.
The Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29) (DPA) was an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom designed to protect personal data stored on computers or in an organised paper filing system. It enacted provisions from the European Union (EU) Data Protection Directive 1995 on the protection, processing, and movement of data.
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Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The initial introduction of privacy law in 1998 extended to the public sector, specifically to Federal government departments ...
An Act to amend provisions of the Tyne and Wear Act 1976 [a] concerning tolls in relation to the Tyne Tunnels; to confer further powers upon the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority to facilitate the provision and operation of an additional tunnel crossing of the river Tyne; to enable provision to be made for the operation of the ...
In the absence of a common law right to privacy in English law torts such as the equitable doctrine breach of confidence, [6] torts linked to the intentional infliction of harm to the person [7] and public law torts relating to the use of police powers [8] have been used to fill a gap in the law. The judiciary has developed the law in an ...
In general terms, in the U.S., whoever can be troubled to key in the data, is deemed to own the right to store and use it, even if the data was collected without permission, except to any extent regulated by laws and rules such as the federal Communications Act's provisions, and implementing rules from the Federal Communications Commission ...
The Data Protection Act 2018 is a revision of the Data Protection Act 1998 which includes the importance of organizations to be more responsible with the information as well as improving the confidentiality. [17] The latter revision also works in tandem with the GDPR, which the Data Protection Act 1998 didn't do. [18]