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What is it?
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Data Protection is concerned with personal data (defined as information about living, identifiable individuals) which is automatically processed. It does not need to be particularly sensitive information and can be as little as a name and address.

The Data Protection Principles provide for individuals to have access to data held about themselves and, where appropriate, to have the data corrected or deleted. If breaches of the principles have taken place, enforcement action can be taken against the data user who may in turn, appeal to an independent tribunal. If the enforcement action is upheld, failure to comply becomes a criminal offence.

Anyone who holds personal data about living individuals must register unless covered by one of the exemptions provided under the legislation.

Registration may not be necessary where the data is:

• Held in connection only with personal, domestic or household affairs (including recreational purposes).
• Held by a not for profit making organisation (eg a sports or recreational club, voluntary organisation or certain charities).
• Used for internal business purposes (eg staff administration, wages and pensions, keeping accounts and records of sales etc).
• Used for core business purposes (eg advertising, marketing and public relations for own goods and services, but excluding data controllers whose business is the provision of advertising, marketing or PR).

Free information guides are available from
Office of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF, UK
Tel: 01625 545745 (Information Line)
Email: Dataprotection UK
www.dataprotection.gov.uk

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