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Clarifications on DPA,just incase one did not know, like me.......Wiki is a wonderful thing :-D :-D

The Data Protection Act (DPA) is a law passed by the British government in 1998.

It sets out rules for people who use or store data about living people and gives rights to those people whose data has been collected. The law applies to data held on computers or any sort of storage system, even paper records.

The law covers personal data which are facts like your address, telephone number, e-mail address, job history etc.

People who use the information are called data users. People who the data is about are called data subjects.
Main Points of The Act

This is a brief simplified summary of the main principles of the UK Data Protection Act

If you collect data about people for one reason, you can not use it for a different reason;
You can not give people's data to other people or organizations unless they agree;
People have the right to look at data that any organizations store about them;
You can not keep the data for longer than you need to and it must be kept up to date;
You cannot send the data to places outside of the European Economic Area.
Most organizations that store data about people have to register with the Information Commissioner’s Office;
If you store data about people you must make sure that it is secure and well protected;
If an organization has data about you that is wrong, then you have a right to ask them to change it.

Please note that this summary leaves out a lot of detail.

The newest version of the DPA was released in 1998.


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me too - so how have we been reported Mers? :-S :-S

No idea....to be honest I dont care just made me laugh :-D :-D :-D

Anyone can apply to recieve any such data held but only about themselves no one else..........so no one can report you to the DPA isnt it called freedom of information? or am I getting me wires crossed ? ;-)

Disposal of Personal Assets?

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Of course you can't be reported to the DPA - it isn't a body or organisation.
You can only be reported UNDER the terms of the DPA.

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thanks Graham :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

everybody hates a grass :-0 :-0

Stray loves mint sauce though ;-) :-D

strikes up the BQ ;-) ;-)

shame the meats bitter and tainted :-( :-(

what a pity that there's no one with expert knowledge of the DPA on these boards

yes Ann that maybe would brighten their day

busting their guts laughing ;-) ;-)