Data Protection Act 1998
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| Title: | Data Protection Act 1998 |
| Short title: | DPA 1998 |
| Previous title: | Data Protection Act 1984 |
| Type: | Law for all of Great Britain |
| Scope: | Great Britain |
| Legal matter: | Data protection law |
| Original version from: | 1984 |
| Entry into force on: | 1984 |
| Last revision from: | June 16, 1998 ( Royal Assent ) |
| Entry into force of the new version on: |
Most of the standards: March 1, 2000 |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The DPA 1998 is a law that regulates the processing of personal data in the UK .
Historical background, legal history
In fact, at first common law did not have comprehensive protection of privacy. While there is minimal British data protection through the medium of individual areas of law, the DPA 1984 was nothing more than a response to the technical advances of the 1980s. However, the DPA 1984 could no longer meet the requirements of Directive 95/46 / EC (Data Protection Directive) and therefore had to be replaced by the DPA 1998.
The parliamentary procedure took place during 1998 and ended on July 16 with the Royal Assent . However, most of the regulations did not come into force until March 1, 2000.
The actors i. S. d. DPA 1998
The DPA 1998 knows u. a. the figures of the data controller, the data processor and the data subject. Data subject corresponds to the German data subject . The data controller of the responsible body.
Data protection principles
The substantive-legal core of the DPA 1998 are the eight data protection principles and thus the most important yardstick for the legality of data processing. A data controller is fundamentally obliged to follow each of the principles. A data subject can always demand compliance with these principles.
Data protection control (ICO)
The implementation of the DPA 1998 is monitored by the Information Commissioner (ICO for short), a data protection officer for Great Britain.
literature
- Stephan Gärtner: Hard negative features put to the test of data protection law. A legal comparison between German, English and Austrian law . Kovač , Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8300-5418-4 (= series of writings on personal rights , volume 5, also dissertation HU Berlin 2010).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephan Gärtner: Hard negative features on the test bench of data protection law. A legal comparison between German, English and Austrian law , Kovač, Hamburg, 2011, p. 248
- ↑ Stephan Gärtner: Hard negative features on the test bench of data protection law. A legal comparison between German, English and Austrian law , Kovač, Hamburg, 2011, p. 248f.
- ↑ a b Stephan Gärtner: Hard negative features on the test bench of data protection law. A legal comparison between German, English and Austrian law , Kovač, Hamburg, 2011, p. 249
- ↑ Stephan Gärtner: Hard negative features on the test bench of data protection law. A legal comparison between German, English and Austrian law , Kovač, Hamburg, 2011, p. 250
- ↑ Stephan Gärtner: Hard negative features on the test bench of data protection law. A legal comparison between German, English and Austrian law , Kovač, Hamburg, 2011, p. 251
