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Data Protection – An Overview

This factsheet provides and brief overview of data protection legislation.

Introduction

Data Protection legislation aims to protect and safeguard individual’s personal data.
The General Data Protection Regulation ((EU)2016/679) (GDPR) is a European Regulation which came into force in all EU member states on 25th May 2018. In the UK, the Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA”) implements the GDPR into UK law. The DPA largely mirrors and expands upon the GDPR.

 

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