Data Protection Act 1998 Flashcards
What is the Data protection Act?
The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which defines UK law on the processing of data on identifiable living people. It is the main piece of legislation that governs the protection of personal data in the UK.
What year was the data protection Act brought in?
1998
Name ways in which peoples information can be kept safe and secure.
It is stored on a computer with a password and not all employees have access or they have limited access. The information is kept in the uk.
Why should peoples information not be given out or sold?
Because is could be misused; such as political views of a person, religion, gender or sexual orientation could cause them to be a part of abuse. The information is being used in a way which it wasn’t intended for.
Name a right which people have about the information stored about them.
That it mustn’t be misused, sold, given out. It must only be used for the purpose given, the information must be deleted after it is no longer needed and people have a right to know what information is stored about them.
When an employer breaks the data protection Act of an employee what is then caused between them?
- Conflict
- No trust
- Employee may become less confident
- Employee may not feel welcome
- Employee may take this further
- Employer may loose there job
- Employee may feel disempowered
