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Data Protection Act 1998: A Practical Guide ISBN: 0754501353 ISBN13: 9780754501350 Data Protection Act 1998: A Practical Guide By: Heather Rowe Publisher: Tolley Publishing Format: Paperback Our Price: 44.59 Discount: 9% RRP: 49.00

Data Protection Act 1998: A Practical Guide is designed to provide practical guidance on all aspects of the Act with particular emphasis on how it affects businesses, and how every business is required by law to implement the changes. The rules are enforceable against all data users, whether or not they have registered. This concise handbook looks at how the 1998 Act replaces the 1984 Act, and implements the EU General Data Protection Directive passed in 1995.It examines:* The special rules introduced for the processing of sensitive data, for example, racial or ethnic origins* The provision to restrict the transfer of data outside the UK and countries within the EU unless the transfer is necessary to perform a contract-a particularly significant provision given the increasing use of the Internet* The extended protection to manual records* The implications of the Act upon privacy, personnel departments, and human rightsEssential reading for company secretaries and personnel managers.


Contents:

1

Data Protection Act 1984;2

Data Protection Directive;3

Background to DPA 1998;4

Definitions and interpretation;5

Rights of data subjects;6

Notification;7

Exemptions;8

Enforcement;9

Other functions of the Commissioner;10

Offences and liability;11

The Data Protection principles;12

Conditions relevant to the first principle;13

Miscellaneous exemptions;14

Transitional relief;15

Transborder dataflows;16

Technology;17

The Internet;18

Direct marketing;19

Employment;20

Medical records and the pharmeceutical industry;21

Financial services;22

The Telecommunications Directive;23

Regulations implementing DPA 1998;24

Related legislation


Brief Description:

This reference is designed to provide practical guidance on all aspects of the 1998 Data Protection Act with particular emphasis on how it will affect business, and how every business is required by law to implement the changes.

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