DPA 1998 definition
Examples of DPA 1998 in a sentence
The current Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998 will be completely repealed when DPA 2018 comes in force.
Sensitive personal data is referred to in the GDPR as ‘special categories of personal data’, which are broadly the same as those in the Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998.
Where the third party is an organisation, rather than an individual, the provisions of DPA 1998 will not apply.
The Data Protection Act (DPA 1998) gives individuals the right to ask for a copy of the information an organisation holds about them; this right is commonly known as a Data Subject Access Request (DSAR).
The GDPR applies to both automated personal data and to manual filing systems, where personal data is accessible according to specific criteria, as well as to chronologically ordered data and pseudonymised data, e.g. key-coded.Sensitive personal data is referred to in the GDPR as ‘special categories of personal data’, which are broadly the same as those in the Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998.