Data Protection Act Comparison

Data Protection Act Comparison

Data protection act 1984 summarized

This act is concerned with firms, which process personal data about

individuals on a computer. It states that they must register with the

data protection registrar. The act has eight main principles with

which all registered data users much stick by:

· 1. The information to be contained in personal data shall be

obtained, and personal data shall be processed, fairly and lawfully.

· 2. Personal data shall be held only for one or more specified and

lawful purposes.

· 3. Data held for any purpose or purposes shall not be used or

disclosed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or those

purposes.

· 4. Personal Data held for any purpose or purposes shall be adequate,

relevant, and not excessive in relation to that purpose or those

purposes.

· 5. Personal data shall be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to

date.

· 6. Personal data held for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept

for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.

· 7. An individual shall be entitled:

· 7. (a) at reasonable intervals and without undue delay or expense.

· 7. (a) (i) to be informed by any Data User whether he holds personal

data of which that individual is the subject, and

· 7. (a) (ii) to access to any such data held by a Data User, and

· 7. (b) where appropriate, to have such data corrected or erased.

· 8. Appropriate security measures shall be taken against unauthorized

access to, or alteration, disclosure or destruction of, personal data

and against accidental loss or destruction of personal data.

The first seven principles apply to personal data held by data users.

The eighth principle applies both to data users and to persons

providing a computer bureau service.

The data protection act applies to those who or process personal data

as defined above. All data subjects are in general entitled to apply

for a copy of the information held about them under any particular