Does The Data Protection Act 2018 Affect Your Business?
Posted on Jan 20, 2021
In June 2017, the UK government announced plans to introduce new data protection legislation to implement the coming General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). The resulting Data Protection Act 2018 must be read in conjunction with the UK GDPR as both are required to comply with the data protection legislation in the UK. This article provides an overview of the common terms used in both the DPA 2018 and the UK GDPR.
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How Many Data Protection Principles Are There?
Posted on Jan 11, 2021
Considerable discussion has always occurred over the issue of whether the EU General Data Protection Regulations contains six principles or seven. It's easy to see the basis for the disagreement, with six principles being laid out in Article 5(1). Then under Article 5(2) comes the accountability principle and the debate begins. In this article, we discuss the legal obligation to abide by each of the principles and provide evidence of compliance.
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