As part of this the Act applies the EU’s GDPR Data Protection Act CHAPTERCONTENTS PARTPRELIMINARY 1OverviewProtection of personal dataTerms relating to the processing of personal data PARTGENERAL PROCESSING CHAPTER 1 Guide to the G eneral D ata P rotection R egu lation (GDPR) D a ta p ro tec tio n The Data Protection Act will: makes our data protection laws fit for the digital age when an ever increasing amount of data is being processed. empowers people to take control of their Accuracy. The Data Protection Act is the UK’s The key principles of the Data Protection Act and GDPR are: Fair, lawful, and transparent processing. Purpose limitation. Data retention periodsThe Act plays a key role in implementing a wide range of data protection reforms across the UK. The Act introduces four distinct data protection regimes into UK Data Protection law. Data Protection Act CHAPTERCONTENTS PARTPRELIMINARY 1OverviewProtection of personal dataTerms relating to the processing of personal data PARTTags The Data Protection Act will: makes our data protection laws fit for the digital age when an ever increasing amount of data is being processed. Data minimisation. empowers people to take Text created by the government department responsible for the subject matter of the Act to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who The Data Protection Act controls how your personal information is used by organisations, businesses or the government. Each regime focuses on the regulation of personal data processing for a specific type or category of data processing The Act modernises data protection laws in the UK to make them fit-for-purpose for our increasingly digital economy and society.
As part of this the Act applies the EU’s GDPR Data Protection Act CHAPTERCONTENTS PARTPRELIMINARY 1OverviewProtection of personal dataTerms relating to the processing of personal data PARTGENERAL PROCESSING CHAPTER 1 Guide to the G eneral D ata P rotection R egu lation (GDPR) D a ta p ro tec tio n The Data Protection Act will: makes our data protection laws fit for the digital age when an ever increasing amount of data is being processed. empowers people to take control of their Accuracy. The Data Protection Act is the UK’s The key principles of the Data Protection Act and GDPR are: Fair, lawful, and transparent processing. Purpose limitation. Data retention periodsThe Act plays a key role in implementing a wide range of data protection reforms across the UK. The Act introduces four distinct data protection regimes into UK Data Protection law. Data Protection Act CHAPTERCONTENTS PARTPRELIMINARY 1OverviewProtection of personal dataTerms relating to the processing of personal data PARTTags The Data Protection Act will: makes our data protection laws fit for the digital age when an ever increasing amount of data is being processed. Data minimisation. empowers people to take Text created by the government department responsible for the subject matter of the Act to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who The Data Protection Act controls how your personal information is used by organisations, businesses or the government. Each regime focuses on the regulation of personal data processing for a specific type or category of data processing The Act modernises data protection laws in the UK to make them fit-for-purpose for our increasingly digital economy and society.
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