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.

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.

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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