Guidance

Data Protection Act: General Processing

This Part of the Data Protection Act covers general processing of personal data

From:
Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, and The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP
Published
25 May 2018

Documents

General Processing Factsheet

PDF, 228 KB, 3 pages

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Data Protection Bill: Statement of Intent

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/general-data-protection-regulation-call-for-views

General Data Protection Regulation

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General Processing Impact Assessment

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Keeling Schedule - General Data Protection Regulation

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Details

The General Processing part of the Act:

  • Enables easier access to your own data.

  • Provides a new right to data portability: it is now easier to transfer your personal data between service providers.

  • Provides a strengthened right to be forgotten: when you no longer want your data to be processed, and provided that there are no legitimate grounds for retaining it, the data must be deleted, and a right for 18 year olds to have data removed.

  • Provides a new right to know when your data has been hacked.

  • Provides exemptions to support businesses and enable innovation.

Published 25 May 2018

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