Data Protection Act 1998 : A Practical Guide - Softcover

Heather Rowe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0754501353 ISBN 13: 9780754501350

Publisher: Tolley Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

The 1998 Data Protection Act repeals the 1984 Act. The 14-year gap between these two pieces of legislation has seen changes to the quantity and forms of information, held by both electronic and manuals means. This reference is designed to provide practical guidance on all aspects of the Act with particular emphasis on how it will affect business, and how every business is required by law to implement the changes. The rules are enforceable against data uses, whether or not they are registered. This handbook examines: the special rules introdued for the processing of sensitive data, for example racial or ethnic origins; the provisions to restrict the transfer of data outside the UK and countries within the EU unless the transfer is necessary to perform a contract - a particularly significant provision given the increasing use of the Internet; the expansion of the Act's scope to cover manual data which has an effect on the way in which businesses maintain personnel files; and the implications of the Act upon privacy and human rights.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tolley Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754501353
• ISBN 13: 9780754501350
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 591