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Section 1: Overview

Data Protection Act 2018 · 2018 c. 12View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: Preliminary

This Act makes provision about the processing of personal data.

Most processing of personal data is subject to the UK GDPR.

Part 2 supplements the UK GDPR.

Part 3 makes provision about the processing of personal data by competent authorities for law enforcement purposes ....

Part 4 makes provision about the processing of personal data by the intelligence services (and certain processing carried out by competent authorities jointly with the intelligence services).

Part 5 makes provision about the Information Commissioner.

Part 6 makes provision about the enforcement of the data protection legislation.

Part 7 makes supplementary provision, including provision about the application of this Act to the Crown and to Parliament.

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