COM305 | Index Of Legislation: Data Protection Act 1998

The Data Protection Act 1998 entitles individuals to request access to certain information held on computer records on payment of a fee. The Act:

• extends only to personal data concerning a living individual

• does not extend to partnerships, associations and companies

Under the Act you can be held personally liable to prosecution if you:

• knowingly or recklessly use, obtain, disclose or transfer personal data, otherwise than for the purposes which we have registered

• disclose personal data without authority