Guidance

Data Protection Bill: General Processing

This Part of the Data Protection Bill covers general processing of personal data.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Published: 14 September 2017
• Last updated: 10 April 2019 — See all updates

Documents

General Processing Factsheet

PDF, 222 KB, 3 pages

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General Processing Factsheet

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General Data Protection Regulation

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Data Protection Bill: Statement of Intent

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/general-data-protection-regulation-call-for-views

General Processing Impact Assessment

PDF, 1.55 MB, 89 pages

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Keeling Schedule - General Data Protection Regulation

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ICO guidance on preparing for the GDPR

https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/1624219/preparing-for-the-gdpr-12-steps.pdf

Details

The General Processing part of the bill will:

• enable easier access to your own data
• a new right to data portability: it will be easier to transfer your personal data between service providers
• a new right to be forgotten: when you no longer want your data to be processed, and provided that there are no legitimate grounds for retaining it, the data will be deleted, and a right for 18 year olds to have data removed
• a new right to know when your data has been hacked
• exemptions to support businesses and enable innovation

Published 14 September 2017

Last updated 10 April 2019 + show all updates

1. 10 April 2019

   Added HTML version of General Processing Factsheet.

2. 14 September 2017

   First published.