Guidance

Data Protection Act 2018 Overview

Overview of the Data Protection Act

• From: Home Office, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, The Rt Hon Matt Hancock and The Rt Hon Sajid Javid
• Published: 25 May 2018

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

Data Protection Act Overview Factsheet

PDF, 258 KB, 4 pages

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Data Protection Bill Impact Assessment

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Equality Impact Assessment

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Details

Digital technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives since the last Data Protection Act was passed.

The Data Protection Act 2018 will:

• makes our data protection laws fit for the digital age when an ever increasing amount of data is being processed

• empowers people to take control of their data

• supports UK businesses and organisations through this change

• ensures that the UK is prepared for the future after we have left the EU

Published 25 May 2018