Data Protection law in the UK

This Act was passed in order to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). GDPR took Data Protection legislation into the 21st century aiming to protect the rights of all EU citizens, the UK Act enshrines the same principles into UK law. It affects not only organisations within the EU & UK, but also those that do business with citizens of the EU & UK. This has meant that, regardless of UK membership of the EU, data protection law in the UK must match that of the GDPR in order for businesses to be able to offer goods and services within the EU. Since much business is done online, this means that the GDPR had an impact across...

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...e supervised in the state where their main data processing activities occur and this State’s supervisor will then oversee all the organisation’s business worldwide. The UK supervisor is the Information Commissioners Office. When dealing with Data Processors it is possible to check which supervisory authority they have adopted. This is one way of doing due diligence on providers of technology processing services.

Personal Data Breach

This is “a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of or access to Personal Data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed”.

When a Data Subject requests that their Personal Data is deleted or there is an objection to processing (on certain grounds), organisations are required to er...

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...er what is processed by processors they use, so this might be less problematic than it first appears. It is important to check the contractual terms in place.

An examination of processes and protections in place should regularly be reviewed with thought given to how...

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...ly with the legal requirements?

What are the training needs of personnel involved with personal data?