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The United Kingdom Data Protection Act of 1998 extends the European 
Parliament directive and places further statutory obligations on the holders of 
personal, private or sensitive data. 
 
As with most things legal, the details are open to argument. In reality though, if data 
for which your organization is responsible gets loose and appropriate steps were not 
taken to prevent that release, 