What is Data Protection Act 2018?
{{Infobox UK legislation |short_title = Data Protection Act 2018 |type = Act |parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom |long_title = An Act to make provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to individuals; to make provision in connection with the Information Commissioner’s functions under certain regulations relating to information; to make provision for a direct marketing code of practice; and for connected purposes. |year = 2018 |introduced_by = |territorial_extent = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |replaces = [[Data Protection Act 1984]] |royal_assent = 23 May 2018 |commencement = May 2018 |repeal_date = |amendments = |related_legislation = |status = Current |original_text = |legislation_history = |revised_text = |use_new_UK-LEG = yes |statute_book_chapter = }} The '''Data Protection Act 2018''' ([http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/contents/enacted c 29]) is a law passed by the [[British]] [[government]] in 2018, and replaces the one passed in 1998. It sets out rules for people who use or store [[Information|data]] about living people and gives [[wikt:right|right]]s to those people whose data has been collected. The law applies to data held on [[computer]]s or any sort of storage system, even paper records. The law covers personal data which are facts like your address, telephone number, [[e-mail]] address, job history etc. People who use the information are called ''data controllers''. People who the data is about are called ''data subjects''. == Main points of the Data Protection Act == This is a brief simplified [[wikt:summary|summary]] of the main [[wikt:principles|principles]] of the UK Data Protection Act. This applies to information kept on staff, customers and account holders, for example; * If you collect data about people for one reason, you must not use it f