Data protection act

introduced to limit the amount of information companies can hold about individuals

key terms

• data controller- decides how data will be collected, created, stored, organised and used
• data processor- person who retrieves data under the authority of the data controller
• data subject- person who is identified by the data
• personal data- data that relates to a living, identifiable person
• processing- obtaining, recording or holding of data
• recipients- given the data to do something with and are employed by the data controller
• third party- person recieving data form processing

individuals rights

• right to subject access- allowed to see what information a company holds about you
• right to prevent processing likely to cause damage or distress- if processing cause high level or damage and distress you can ask the company to stop
• right to prevent processing for direct marketing- companies need your permission to use your personal data to send you marketing materials. if you recieve unwanted mail you can be asked to be removed from their mailing…