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	Data Protection Act 1984 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was repealed by the Data Protection Act 1998.
		The 1984 Act provided for a regulatory authority, the Data Protection Registrar, to oversee the implementation of and adherence to the Act.
		Personal data may only be kept for an appropriate length of time and must not be disclosed to other parties without the consent of the data owner.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Data_Protection_Act_1984 (479 words)

	Data Protection Act 1984 - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Data Protection Act 1984
		UK act of Parliament designed to protect individuals who have information about them held on computer.
		The act obliged organizations holding personal data to register with the Data Protection Registrar and agree to abide by the principles of data protection outlined in the act.
		The 1998 Data Protection Act gave employees the right to see their personnel records.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Data+Protection+Act+1984 (173 words)

	Data Protection Act 1998 : The Department of Health - P&G: Org policy: Records management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Act implements EC Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data which was adopted on 25 October 1995 for implementation by 24 October 1998.
		Data subjects should be informed of the identity of the data controller (this will usually be the NHS body), the purposes for which data are to be processed, and any other information needed to make the processing fair (see paragraph 2(3) (d) of Part II of Schedule 1).
		Data legitimately processed for research or statistical purposes, as long as such processing neither causes substantial harm or distress to the data subject nor is used to support measures or decisions in relation to individuals, are exempt from certain provisions of the Act.
	www.dh.gov.uk /PolicyAndGuidance/OrganisationPolicy/RecordsManagement/DataProtectionAct1998Article/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4000489&chk=VrXoGe (4985 words)

	Data Protection Act 1998 : Snr Mgt
		As under the 1984 Act, examination marks are given a temporary exemption (in the form of an extension of the 40-day requirement for the data controller to respond to a subject access request) from the subject access provisions.
		Personal data processed only for research purposes (including historical and statistical purposes) continue to receive certain exemptions where the data are not processed to support measures or decisions with respect to particular individuals, and where data subjects are not caused substantial harm or substantial distress.
		The conditions for processing sensitive data are that the data subject has given his or her explicit consent to the processing of the personal data or that the processing is necessary for a further set of specified reasons
	www.jisc.ac.uk /index.cfm?name=pub_smbp_dpa1998 (2943 words)

	Office of the Information Commissioner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United Kingdom as a member of the European Union is subject to a strict regime of Data Protection.
		The Data Protection Act 1984 created the post of Data Protection Registrar with whom people processing personal data had to register.
		Under the provisions of EC Directive 95/46 (introduced in the UK as the Data Protection Act 1998, rather than as an SI under the European Communities Act 1972 or the Single European Act 1986) the name of the post was changed to the Data Protection Commissioner.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Data_Protection_Registrar (271 words)

	NVQ Care UK - Legislation Relevant to Care NVQs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This Act protects people from being treated less favourably because of their race or colour. Racial discrimination is illegal in the same areas as sexual discrimination, and the same two types of discrimination apply:
		Personal data shall not be transferred to a country outside the European Economic Area, unless that country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data.
		are data that relate to a living individual who can be identified from that information, or from data and other information in the possession of the data controller or which are likely to come into his or her possession.
	www.nvqcareuk.com /Legislation.html (1252 words)

	Data Protection Act 1998
		Acts of Parliament printed from this website are printed under the superintendence and authority of the Controller of HMSO being the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament.
		It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Acts of Parliament does not extend to the Queen's Printer imprints which should be removed from any copies of the Act which are issued or made available to the public.
		The Data Protection Commissioner and the Data Protection Tribunal.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /acts/acts1998/19980029.htm (552 words)

	Data Protection Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Data which relates to a living individual who can be identified from that data.
		Data are said to be held if the data are used in processing to select or identify individuals.
		If data are moved from the UK to another country in a machine-processable form the data are said to have been transferred.
	www.flaxcottage.freeserve.co.uk /~ict/AppEff/DPA/DPA1984.html (977 words)

	Data Protection Act
		Data held for any purpose or purposes shall not be used or disclosed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes.
		Personal Data held for any purpose or purposes shall be adequate, relevant, and not excessive in relation to that purpose or those purposes.
		Personal data held for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
	www.dcs.napier.ac.uk /~tommc/modules/mm8412505/Dataacts.htm (846 words)

	Data Protection Act
		All staff are responsible, with the guidance of the University's Data Protection Officer, for fulfilling the University's obligations under the terms of the Act when using personal data for University purposes.
		Personal data shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose or purposes for which they are processed.
		Personal data shall not be transferred to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area, unless that country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data.
	www.postgrad.ed.ac.uk /RESCODE/data_protection_act.htm (811 words)

	SoG Leaflet: The Data Protection Act and genealogists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Data Protection legislation is complex and this leaflet aims to explain the main points as they affect genealogists.
		Personal data is data relating to a living individual who can be identified from those data or by those data and other information likely to come into the possession of the data controller.
		Personal data processed by an individual only for the purposes of that individual’s personal, family or household affairs (including recreational purposes) are exempt from the Data Protection Principles and the provisions of Parts II and III.
	www.sog.org.uk /leaflets/dpa.html (1776 words)

	Data Protection Act 1984
		One of the aims of the Act is to ensure that an individual cannot be harmed by data which is incorrect, unfair or disclosed illegally to another party.
		All users of personal data, the data itself and its uses, must be registered with the Data Protection Registrar.
		Under the Act, both the University and the individual may be held legally liable for any breach of the Act - whether because of failure to register or because of illegal disclosure.
	www.abdn.ac.uk /hr/policies/data.shtml (337 words)

	Papers: Data Protection Act: Brief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The second transitional period (24 October 2001 – 23 October 2007) details that data subjects will have right of access to their files and data should not be transferred outside the European Economic Area unless there are adequate safeguards (www.export.gov/safeharbor).
		The responsibility for data security is not the sole ownership of the IT department; most departments have data whether it is HR or marketing they must all be involved in the process.
		As the Act moves from the 1st transitional period into the second the enforcement of the Act by the Data Commissioner is going to become more prevalent.
	www.itsecurity.com /archive/papers/trinity3.htm (1066 words)

	The Data Protection Act
		The first legislation designed to protect personal privacy in the face of the rapid advance of computer technology was introduced, ironically enough, in 1984.
		The Data Protection Act 1984 set out a series of principles and established an organisation with whom data users were required to register.
		The shortcomings of this act and the effects of European legislation led to the introduction of a new act in 1998.
	www.yhagroup.org.uk /dpa.htm (808 words)

	Data Protection Act 1984 (c. 35)
		(3) In the case of a data user having separate entries in the register in respect of data held for different purposes a separate request must be made and a separate fee paid under this section in respect of the data to which each entry relates.
		(b) if the data subject has notified the data user that he regards the information as incorrect or misleading, an indication to that effect has been included in the data or the information has not been extracted from the data except in a form which includes an indication to that effect.
		shall be entitled to compensation from the data user or, as the case may be, the person carrying on the bureau for that damage and for any distress which the individual has suffered by reason of the loss, destruction, disclosure or access.
	www.jus.unitn.it /users/pascuzzi/privcomp97-98/privacy/uk/acts/acts1984/84035--e.htm (938 words)

	The Data Protection Act 1984 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The data protection registrar supervises the Act and if he finds that a data user is contravening it he may serve an enforcement notice requiring that person to comply.
		The act allows information to be withheld if it is likely to cause serious harm to his or her mental or physical health or discloses the identity of another person.
		The Act makes it a criminal offence for any person to hold personal data on a computer without being registered with the data protection registrar, and once registered for anyone to obtain, hold or disclose any personal data unless that particular use is being declared on the data user’s registration forms.
	www.wisdomnet.co.uk /secure.html (1346 words)

	Data Protection Act
		Processing personal data includes all forms of use of the data; data entry into personnel and payroll databases, accessing this data in hard copy in employment files or transmitting or sharing this data.
		Data should be: fairly and lawfully processed; processed for limited purposes; adequate, relevant and not excessive; accurate; not kept longer than necessary; processed in accordance with the data subject's rights; secure; not transferred to countries without adequate protection.
		Establish a method to regularly audit all the data you hold and destroy anything that is out of date or inaccurate (expired disciplinary warnings do not necessarily have to be destroyed but should clearly be marked as void and should not be used in further disciplinary action).
	www.oneclickhr.com /hrguide/article.asp?article=38 (1575 words)

	Data Protection Act
		Personal data held for any purpose or purposes shall not be used or disclosed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes.
		All BT People are individually liable under the Data Protection Act 1984 and shall abide by the eight Data Protection Principles, and shall observe the guidance promulgated by the BT Group Data Protection Unit.
		Any person who controls Personal Data is responsible for ensuring that such Personal Data is covered by the BT plc registrations controlled by the Group Data Protection Unit.
	www.flashback.se /archive/BT/btcsm9.html (674 words)

	Data Protection Law - United Kingdom Data Protection Act 1984 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		(2) Except as provided in section 17(2) of this Act, the Registrar and his officers and servants shall not be regarded as servants or agents of the Crown.
		Such expenses of the Tribunal as the Secretary of State may with the approval of the Treasury determine shall be defrayed by the Secretary of State out of moneys provided by Parliament.
		In Part II of the Table in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 there shall be inserted at the appropriate place "the Data Protection Registrar"; and after paragraph 4 (1)(n) of that Schedule there shall be inserted-
	www.bild.net /dataprUK1.htm (1083 words)

	Data Protection Act 1984 (Ch 35), acts@swarb.co.uk, David Swarbrick, Solicitor, Wrigley Claydon
		(7) "processing" in relation to data means amending augmenting deleting or re-arranging the data or extracting the information constituting the data and in the case of personal data means performing any of those operations by reference to the data subject.
		(2) Where the place to which the data are to be transferred is not in a State bound by the European Convention the Registrar must be satisfied that the transfer is likely to contravene, or lead to a contravention of, any of the data protection principles.
		Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect for the detection of offences under this Act and contraventions of the data protection principles.
	www.swarb.co.uk /acts/1984DataProtection01Act.shtml (4724 words)

	Staff Handbooks - Data Protection Act (1984)
		Data users are required to register their records if these contain ‘registrable data', i.e.personal data relating to any living identifiable person.
		The Data Protection Principles also provide for individuals to have access to data held about themselves and, where appropriate, to have the data corrected or deleted.
		Implementation of the European Union Data Protection Directive is anticipated during 1999, extending the provision of legislation to some manual records.
	www.york.ac.uk /admin/persnl/handbooks/general/data_protection.htm (381 words)

	The Data Protection Act 1984
		The Act places obligations on those who record and use personal data in that they have to be open about that use, by registering it on the Data Protection Register, and follow sound and proper practices known as the Data Protection Principles.
		Disclosure of personal data to any person is permitted, without breach of the Act, so long as the data user has registered that he intends, or may wish, to disclose those personal data to people of that description.
		Data users need to review their personal data regularly and to delete the information which is no longer required for their purposes.
	www.brad.ac.uk /acad/mancen/lomas/other_pages/practising_engineer/dataprot.htm (1537 words)

	The Data Protection Act 1998 - Compliance Management Directory
		It is much broader in scope than the earlier 1984 act, but does contain provision for a transitional period to comply with the new requirements.
		The Data Protection Act places very clear demands upon organisations which hold personal data in terms of the security that must be applied to protect it.
		The text of the act itself may prove useful in some circumstances, but the official data protection act site is undoubtedly an equally useful starting point.
	www.riskserver.co.uk /dataprotection (582 words)

	Undisclosed Information (Data Protection), Act (Ch. 35), 12/07/1984 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		(b) in the case of data to which an order under section 2(3) above applies, that the transfer is likely to contravene or lead to a contravention of, any of the data protection principles as they have effect in relation to such data.
		Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect for the detection of offences under this Act and contraventions of the data protection principles.
		(b) if the data subject has notified the data user that he regards the information as incorrect or misleading, an indication to that effect has been included in the data or the information has not been extracted from the data except in a form which includes an indication to that effect.
	www.wipo.int /clea/docs_new/en/gb/gb094en.html (7653 words)

	A simple description of the 1998 Data Protection Act as part of Data Security for school-resources.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Data Protection Act of 1984 has been revised and the new 1998 Act was brought into force on the 1st of March 2000.
		Graham Welch, the general manager of Security Dynamics (responsible for the survey) said "companies without adequate protection are exposing themselves to serious breaches of the new Act which has more powerful and wide-ranging penalties than its predecessor".
		Data subjects' rights under the Data Protection 1998 Act have been extended.
	www.school-resources.co.uk /DataProtectionAct.htm (322 words)

	Mansfield & Sutton Astronomical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Act covers personal data that is stored on computer or paper - the meaning of personal data is much wider than that of the 1984 act.
		Any personal data no longer of legitimate use to the Society will be deleted within 90 days of the end of the financial year.
		In practical terms, the data held by the Society is the minimum for workable administration.
	www.solarius.com /msas/society/dp_policy.html (745 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		B: THE DATA PROTECTION ACT 1984 AND 1998 The Data Protection Act 1984 was the first piece of legislation to regulate the use of automatically processed information - broadly speaking, information which is processed on computer.
		The Data Protection Act 1984 (the '1984 Act') will be replaced by the Data Protection Act 1998 (the 'Act') when it comes into force on 1 March 2000.
		If institutions, LEAs and the SLC have kept their registration with the Office for the Data Protection Register up to date in the past, only minor amendments are likely to be required to accommodate the new requirements of the student support scheme for 1999/2000.
	www.dfes.gov.uk /studentsupport/administrators/doc/SSIN4799.doc (630 words)

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