Data Protection Act (1998)
- Created by: Molly Howard
- Created on: 17-05-13 09:46
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- DPA (1998)
- The act covers all data
- Paper records
- Electrical data
- 1.Data must not be prcessed unless there is a lawful reason
- 2.Data can only be used for specific purposes
- 3.If a business is collecting data, they should ask for NI numbers
- 4.Data must be accurate
- 4.If not then information could be given to another person
- 5.Data should NOT be kept longer then necessary
- 6.No business can pass bank details on without permission of the data subject
- 7.Data holders must protect data from theft or anoy other circumstance
- 8.Data should not be transferred abroad.
- 8.This is to protect people from other businesses who may try to do this so that they can avoid UK law.
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