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Summary
Future developments
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Key references
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Meaning of terms
Manual or paper-based files
Meaning of 'personal data'
Meaning of 'sensitive personal data'
Meaning of 'processing'
Duties of employers
The eight data protection principles
Subject access rights
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Data likely to cause damage or distress
Correction, removal or destruction of inaccurate or misleading data
Transitional provisions to 24 October 2007
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Employment Practices Data Protection Code

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3.103

  • The Data Protection Act 1998, which implements Council Directive 95/46/EC of 24 October 1995, came into force on 1 March 2000 (repealing and replacing the Data Protection Act 1984).
  • The Data Protection Act 1998 embraces all forms of personal data, whether held on computer or in a relevant filing system, for example in paper-based personnel files.
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