Data Protection Act 1998

Contents

1Basic interpretative provisions.#

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2Sensitive personal data.#

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3The special purposes.#

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4The data protection principles.#

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5Application of Act.#

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6The Commissioner . . . .#

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Part II · Rights of data subjects and others

7Right of access to personal data.#

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8Provisions supplementary to section 7.#

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9Application of section 7 where data controller is credit reference agency.#

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9AUnstructured personal data held by public authorities.#

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10Right to prevent processing likely to cause damage or distress.#

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11Right to prevent processing for purposes of direct marketing.#

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12Rights in relation to automated decision-taking.#

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12ARights of data subjects in relation to exempt manual data.#

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13Compensation for failure to comply with certain requirements.#

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14Rectification, blocking, erasure and destruction.#

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15Jurisdiction and procedure.#

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Part III · Notification by data controllers

16Preliminary.#

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17Prohibition on processing without registration.#

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18Notification by data controllers.#

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19Register of notifications.#

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20Duty to notify changes.#

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21Offences.#

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22Preliminary assessment by Commissioner.#

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23Power to make provision for appointment of data protection supervisors.#

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24Duty of certain data controllers to make certain information available.#

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25Functions of Commissioner in relation to making of notification regulations.#

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26Fees regulations.#

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27Preliminary.#

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28National security.#

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29Crime and taxation.#

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30Health, education and social work.#

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31Regulatory activity.#

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32Journalism, literature and art.#

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33Research, history and statistics.#

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33AManual data held by public authorities.#

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34Information available to the public by or under enactment.#

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35Disclosures required by law or made in connection with legal proceedings etc.#

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35AParliamentary privilege.#

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36Domestic purposes.#

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37Miscellaneous exemptions.#

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38Powers to make further exemptions by order.#

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39Transitional relief.#

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40Enforcement notices.#

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41Cancellation of enforcement notice.#

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41AAssessment notices#

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41BAssessment notices: limitations#

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41CCode of practice about assessment notices#

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42Request for assessment.#

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43Information notices.#

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44Special information notices.#

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45Determination by Commissioner as to the special purposes.#

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46Restriction on enforcement in case of processing for the special purposes.#

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47Failure to comply with notice.#

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48Rights of appeal.#

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49Determination of appeals.#

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50Powers of entry and inspection.#

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Part VI · Miscellaneous and General

63Application to Crown.#

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63AApplication to Parliament.#

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64Transmission of notices etc. by electronic or other means.#

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65Service of notices by Commissioner.#

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66Exercise of rights in Scotland by children.#

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67Orders, regulations and rules.#

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68Meaning of “accessible record”.#

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69Meaning of “health professional”.#

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70Supplementary definitions.#

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71Index of defined expressions.#

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72Modifications of Act.#

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73Transitional provisions and savings.#

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74Minor and consequential amendments and repeals and revocations.#

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75Short title, commencement and extent.#

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Amendments of Consumer Credit Act 1974

62Amendments of Consumer Credit Act 1974.#

(1)In section 158 of the ^noteConsumer Credit Act 1974 (duty of agency to disclose filed information)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)in paragraph (a) for “individual” there is substituted “ partnership or other unincorporated body of persons not consisting entirely of bodies corporate ”, and

(ii)for “him” there is substituted “ it ”,

(b)in subsection (2), for “his” there is substituted “ the consumer’s ”, and

(c)in subsection (3), for “him” there is substituted “ the consumer ”.

(2)In section 159 of that Act (correction of wrong information) for subsection (1) there is substituted—“1 Any individual (the “objector”) given—a information under section 7 of the Data Protection Act 1998 by a credit reference agency, orb information under section 158,who considers that an entry in his file is incorrect, and that if it is not corrected he is likely to be prejudiced, may give notice to the agency requiring it either to remove the entry from the file or amend it.”

(3)In subsections (2) to (6) of that section—

(a)for “consumer”, wherever occurring, there is substituted “ objector ”, and

(b)for “Director”, wherever occurring, there is substituted “ the relevant authority ”.

(4)After subsection (6) of that section there is inserted—“7 The Data Protection Commissioner may vary or revoke any order made by him under this section.8 In this section “the relevant authority” means—a where the objector is a partnership or other unincorporated body of persons, the Director, andb in any other case, the Data Protection Commissioner.”

(5)In section 160 of that Act (alternative procedure for business consumers)—

(a)in subsection (4)—

(i)for “him” there is substituted “ to the consumer ”, and

(ii)in paragraphs (a) and (b) for “he” there is substituted “ the consumer ” and for “his” there is substituted “ the consumer’s ”, and

(b)after subsection (6) there is inserted—“7 In this section “consumer” has the same meaning as in section 158.”

Functions of Commissioner

51General duties of Commissioner.#

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52Reports and codes of practice to be laid before Parliament.#

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52AData-sharing code#

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52AADirect marketing code#

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52Bdata-sharing and direct marketing codes: procedure#

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52CAlteration or replacement of data-sharing and direct marketing codes#

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52DPublication of data-sharing and direct marketing codes#

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52EEffect of data-sharing and direct marketing codes#

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53Assistance by Commissioner in cases involving processing for the special purposes.#

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54International co-operation.#

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54AInspection of overseas information systems#

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General provisions relating to offences

60Prosecutions and penalties.#

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61Liability of directors etc.#

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Information provided to Commissioner or Tribunal

58Disclosure of information.#

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59Confidentiality of information.#

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Monetary penalties

55APower of Commissioner to impose monetary penalty#

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55BMonetary penalty notices: procedural rights#

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55CGuidance about monetary penalty notices#

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55DMonetary penalty notices: enforcement#

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55ENotices under sections 55A and 55B: supplemental#

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Records obtained under data subject’s right of access

56Prohibition of requirement as to production of certain records.#

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57Avoidance of certain contractual terms relating to health records.#

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Unlawful obtaining et ceteralaetc. of personal data

55Unlawful obtaining etc. of personal data.#

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Schedule 1 · The data protection principles

Part I · The principles

(1)^note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Part II · Interpretation of the principles in Part I

The first principle

(1)^note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

The second principle

(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

The fourth principle

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The sixth principle

(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

The seventh principle

(9)^note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(10)^note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(11)^note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(12)^note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

The eighth principle

(13)^note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(14)^note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(15)^note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Schedule 2 · Conditions relevant for purposes of the first principle: processing of any personal data

(1)^note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Schedule 3 · Conditions relevant for purposes of the first principle: processing of sensitive personal data

(1)^note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(7A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(7B)^note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(9)^note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(10)^note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Schedule 4 · Cases where the eighth principle does not apply