Data Protection Act 1998
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The Data Protection Act 1998 was a UK law that governed how personal data was collected, stored, and used, implementing EU data protection standards before being largely replaced by later legislation such as the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Data Protection Act 1998 canonical | 4 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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data protection law ⓘ |
| abbreviation | DPA 1998 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allows |
enforcement notices
ⓘ
information notices ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
automated personal data
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certain manual filing systems ⓘ data controllers ⓘ processing of personal data ⓘ |
| commencement | 1 March 2000 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creates | criminal offences for certain data protection breaches ⓘ |
| defines |
data controller
ⓘ
data subject ⓘ processing ⓘ sensitive personal data ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Information Commissioner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishes | data protection principles ⓘ |
| implements | EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedBy | UK Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| legalSystem |
English law
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Northern Ireland law ⓘ Scots law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislature | Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfPrinciples | 8 ⓘ |
| provides |
right to compensation for breaches
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right to prevent direct marketing ⓘ right to prevent processing causing damage or distress ⓘ rights in relation to automated decision-making ⓘ rights of access to personal data ⓘ |
| regulator | Information Commissioner’s Office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| repealedBy | Data Protection Act 2018 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | Data Protection Act 1984 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires |
accurate personal data
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appropriate technical and organisational security measures ⓘ data not kept longer than necessary ⓘ data processed in accordance with data subjects’ rights ⓘ fair processing of personal data ⓘ lawful processing of personal data ⓘ restrictions on transfer of personal data outside the EEA ⓘ |
| royalAssent | 1998 ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Data Protection Act 1998 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | partially repealed ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
data protection
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personal data ⓘ privacy ⓘ |
| supersededBy |
Data Protection Act 2018
NERFINISHED
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UK General Data Protection Regulation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| temporalScope | late 1990s to 2018 ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1998 ⓘ |
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