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Legislation
Data Protection Act 2018

PART 1 Preliminary

  • Section 1 Overview
  • Section 2 Protection of personal data
  • Section 3 Terms relating to the processing of personal data
  1. Part 1 · Preliminary
  2. Protection of personal data

Section 2 | Protection of personal data

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)The UK GDPR and this Act protect individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, in particular by—F1

(a)requiring personal data to be processed lawfully and fairly, on the basis of the data subject's consent or another specified basis,

(b)conferring rights on the data subject to obtain information about the processing of personal data and to require inaccurate personal data to be rectified, and

(c)conferring functions on the Commissioner, giving the holder of that office responsibility for monitoring and enforcing their provisions.

(2)RepealedF2

Notes

  1. F1

    Words in substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 3 (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

  2. F2

    S. 2(2) omitted (20.8.2025) by virtue of , ss. , ; S.I. 2025/904, reg. 2(e)

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