The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)


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Practice notes

The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)


Published by a ½Û×ÓÊÓƵ Information Law expert

Practice notes
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This Practice Note provides a summary of the UK GDPR regime. For a higher-level introduction to UK Data protection laws, see Practice Note: Data protection law—new starter guide. The Data protection toolkit collates further key guidance on this regime and is a recommended starting point for research. For information on the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (EU GDPR), see Practice Note: The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR).

This Practice Note covers:

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    key legislation

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    material scope

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    territorial scope

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    key concepts

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    data protection principles

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    lawful basis for processing

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    processing special categories of personal Data

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    processing of criminal conviction and offence data

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    data subject rights

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    accountability and governance

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    security

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    personal data breaches

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    international transfers of personal data

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    exemptions

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    the Information Commissioner

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    data protection fees

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    enforcement of the UK GDPR regime

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    criminal offences

The processing of personal data by competent authorities for law enforcement purposes or by the intelligence services,

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Data definition
What does Data mean?

This term is not defined in the cpr. In normal usage it means information that has been organised and categorised for a pre-determined purpose.

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