The Data Protection Act 1984 regulates the maintenance and use of automatically processed personal information.
Data protection is a complex of measures which are used to protect data from being erased, damaged or destroyed.
a legal framework for controlling the commercial use of personal data. Administered in UK by the Data Protection Registrar, with whom virtually any commercial database should be registered
The EU General Data Protection Directive (1995), which establishes common European standards for the handling of personnel records. Effective date 24th October 1998.
Provisions to protect one's privacy in relation to electronic and computer-stored personal information. The Data Protection Act 1998 governs this issue and entitles an individual to find out if automated personal data is kept in relation to him and to have access to that data in certain circumstances. Close
This is a method of protecting or safeguarding your information from some type of loss; either hardware or software failure, theft, fire, natural disaster, operator error or some other threat. The most common form of data protection is having a backup copy made for easy recovery.
The Data Protection Act regulates the use of personal information, therefore protecting respondents from improper use of information provided during a survey.
Data protection laws protect personal privacy, requiring fair and lawful processing of personal information, and restricting what can be done with it and to whom it may be disclosed. Anyone processing personal data must have details of the activity recorded on a public register.
Statutory requirements to manage personal data in a manner that does not threaten or disadvantage the person to whom it refers.
Issues involving threats to the privacy of individuals.
Activities coordinated at EU level in the field of justice and home affairs are subject to national and EU laws designed to protect the data of individuals or organisations from improper disclosure or use. (See customs, external dimension, fundamental rights, Organised crime: Cybercrime)
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A term referring to strategies for protecting databases against illegal access or modification, such as needing a password to access a database.
Under the Data Protection Act 1984, those holding personal data on computer (where the data relates to identifiable individuals) must observe certain principles in how the data is held and in respect of the collection, holding, disclosure, use and granting of access to that data. In particular they must register with the Data Protection Agency.
The Data Protection Act 1998 governs the records kept by landlords (in whatever format - paper, computer file etc.) and enables tenants and others to inspect the content of such records which relates to them.