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Legislation
Data Protection Act 2018

Crossheading General obligations

  • Section 56 General obligations of the controller
  • Section 57 Data protection by design and default
  • Section 58 Joint controllers
  • Section 59 Processors
  • Section 60 Processing under the authority of the controller or processor
  • Section 61 Records of processing activities
  • Section 62 Logging
  • Section 63 Co-operation with the Commissioner
  • Section 64 Data protection impact assessment
  • Section 65 Prior consultation with the Commissioner
  1. General obligations
  2. General obligations of the controller

Section 56 | General obligations of the controller

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)Each controller must implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure, and to be able to demonstrate, that the processing of personal data complies with the requirements of this Part.

(2)Where proportionate in relation to the processing, the measures implemented to comply with the duty under subsection (1) must include appropriate data protection policies.

(3)The technical and organisational measures implemented under subsection (1) must be reviewed and updated where necessary.

(4)Adherence to a code of conduct approved under may be used by a controller as a means of demonstrating compliance with the requirements of this Part.F1

Notes

  1. F1

    S. 56(4) inserted (20.8.2025) by , ss. , ; S.I. 2025/904, reg. 2(d)

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