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Data Protection Act
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Most businesses have to register as users of personal data. There are exemptions: mainly those who use data for crime prevention, national security, tax collection, or mental health reasons.
The Act has 8 principles, or rules. Data must be:
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- processed fairly and lawfully
- used for the lawful purpose it was collected for
- adequate and relevant to purpose collected for
- kept accurate and up-to-date
- kept no longer than necessary
- processed within the rights of the data subjects
- kept secure
- kept only within the EEC
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