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Data Protection Act 2018

32 versions · 2018-05-23
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Changes on 2019-05-23

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- “*the relevant time*” means the time when the amendments of the 2004 Regulations in Schedule 19 to this Act come into force.
#### Overview
#### Processing to which this Part applies
#### Special categories of personal data etc: supplementary
#### Manual unstructured data used in longstanding historical research
#### Processing to which this Part applies
#### Processing to which this Part applies
#### Regulations and consultation
#### Index of defined expressions
#### Protection of personal data
#### Definitions
#### Limits on fees that may be charged by controllers
#### National security and defence exemption
#### Meaning of “competent authority”
#### Meaning of “controller” and “processor”
#### Power to reflect changes to the Data Protection Convention
#### Territorial application of this Act
### Employment, social security and social protection
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[^key-e68518991b24f426c7502b2a7e8ed531]: [Sch. 19 para. 201](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/schedule/19/paragraph/201) omitted (29.3.2019) by virtue of [The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/419), [reg. 1(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/419/regulation/1/3), [Sch. 4 para. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/419/schedule/4/paragraph/3)
[^key-f78da6f023a80509141fa555013b5b91]: [Act](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12) modified (23.5.2019) by [The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/957)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/957), [arts. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/957/article/1), [15(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/957/article/15/2)
[^key-ed56ea896273a41068d24de6c71e6165]: [Sch. 6](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/schedule/6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of [The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/419), [reg. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/419/regulation/1/2), [Sch. 2 para. 96](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/419/schedule/2/paragraph/96) (with [reg. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/419/regulation/5)); [2020 c. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/1), [Sch. 5 para. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1)
[^M_I_ad986912-0e3e-41e4-b0ef-7542e2eaf538]: S. 3 in force at Royal Assent, see [s. 212(2)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/212/2/a)
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