Principles
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There
are eight principles put in place by the Data Protection Act 1998 to make
sure that your information is handled properly.
They say that data must be:
- fairly and lawfully processed;
- processed for limited purposes;
- adequate, relevant and not excessive;
- accurate;
- not kept for longer than is necessary;
- processed in line with your rights;
- secure; and,
- not transferred to countries without adequate protection.
By law data controllers have to keep to these principles |