The long-awaited implementation of the 1998 Data Protection Act took place on 1 March 2000.The new Act works in two ways, giving individuals rights about the way their information is used and ensuring those who use it have corresponding obligations. It also gives the Commissioner -who is in fact the
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- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 59 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0267-3649
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