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UK DPA 2018

The Data Protection Act 2018 is the UK's version of EU GDPR. It sets out the data protection principles applicable in the UK. The Act intends to ensure that person information is used fairly, lawfully and transparently and only for a clearly specified purpose.

Rule Overview

Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Regulator: ICO

Topic: Data Protection

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The Act includes stronger legal protections for information that is classified as sensitive including race, political views, religious beliefs, biometric information, health, sex orientation etc.

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HelloFresh fined £140,000 for sending 80 million spam texts and emails

HelloFresh fined £140,000 for sending 80 million spam texts and emails

Over 8,700 complaints were logged over spam messages from HelloFresh.

Martina Lindberg1 min read

How financial institutions must handle diversity and inclusion reporting data

How financial institutions must handle diversity and inclusion reporting data

Guidance and next steps on FCA/PRA data reporting requirements.

Abigail Cannon | Fieldfisher, Mark Linnane | Fieldfisher, Alex Beresford | Fieldfisher6 min read

New data bridge for UK-US data transfers to help firms

New data bridge for UK-US data transfers to help firms

Transfer of UK personal data to US simplified, UK data transfer rules back in step with EU, ICO offers qualified backing.

Paula Barrett | Eversheds Sutherland, Michael Bahar | Eversheds Sutherland7 min read

Enforcement

HelloFresh fined £140,000 for sending 80 million spam texts and emails

Reporting

How financial institutions must handle diversity and inclusion reporting data

Privacy

New data bridge for UK-US data transfers to help firms

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Further Reading

gov.uk data protection generally Go to https://www.gov.uk/data-protection ICO DPA 2018 overview Go to https://ico.org.uk/media/2614158/ico-introduction-to-the-data-protection-bill.pdf DPA 2018 factsheet Go to https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/711162/2018-05-23_Factsheet_1_-_Act_overview.pdf ICO UK GDPR guidance and resources Go to https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/