8 Jun 2005

All businesses that keep any information on living and identifiable people must comply with the Data Protection Act. The Act applies to computerised personal information and to some structured manual records about people. Some businesses must register under the Act and ensure their information is properly managed. But others only need to observe data-protection principles — enforceable rules of good practice for handling personal information.

This briefing covers:

• Whether you need to register, known as notifying.
• How you can comply with the Act.
• What circumstances are likely to trigger action by the data protection authorities.
• Some particular danger areas.

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