DPA 1984 + 1998 & FIA 2000
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- DATA PROTECTION ACT 1984 AND 1998
- DPA gives legal basis for the handling of information relating to living people.
- It is the main piece of legislation that governs protection of personal data in the UK.
- There are 8 principles convered under the new act. All the information held about individuals must be:
- held only for limited and specific purposes
- fairly and lawfully processed
- secure
- held only if relevant
- in accordance with data subject rights
- Accurate and up to date (adequate, relevant and not excessive)
- kept only for the necessary period of time
- disclosed only to the relative recipients and not transferable to other countires without adequate protection.
- There were changes to this act 1998 which came into force in 2000 and replaced the previous act. for example information stored on paper and computer are now covered.
- There are 8 principles convered under the new act. All the information held about individuals must be:
- held only for limited and specific purposes
- fairly and lawfully processed
- secure
- held only if relevant
- in accordance with data subject rights
- Accurate and up to date (adequate, relevant and not excessive)
- kept only for the necessary period of time
- disclosed only to the relative recipients and not transferable to other countires without adequate protection.
- There are 8 principles convered under the new act. All the information held about individuals must be:
- The DPA creates rights for those who have data stored, and responsibilities for those who store the data. The person who has their data processed has the right to;
- view the data an organisation holds on them, for a small ee (known as subject access)
- request that incorrect information is corrected. If the company ignores the request, a court can order the datato be corrected or destroyed and in some cases compensation can be awarded
- require that data is not used in a way which causes damage or distress
- require that their data is not used for direct marketing
- Paper - based health, education and social work records which were created before 24/10/1998 are subject to slightly different provisions of the act
- FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
- Gives applicants a general right of access to all types of recorded information held by public authorities, although there are some limitations.
- it also allows people access to any information about how public authorities carry out duties
- e.g. making decision on how they spend public money
- it is also possible for people to request information held by public authorities and this request must be responded to within 20 days.
- DPA gives legal basis for the handling of information relating to living people.
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