https://community.isc2.org/t5/Privacy/The-UK-Data-Protection-Act-has-received-the-Royal-Assent/m-p/10881#M495 <P>The main elements of the <A href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/data-protection-act-2018" target="_self">Data Protection Act 2018</A> are:</P><P><STRONG>General data processing </STRONG></P><P>● Implements GDPR standards across all general data processing.</P><P>● Provides clarity on the definitions used in the GDPR in the UK context.</P><P>● Ensures that sensitive health, social care and education data can continue to be processed while making sure that confidentiality in health and safeguarding situations is maintained.</P><P>● Provides appropriate restrictions to rights to access and delete data to allow certain processing currently undertaken to continue where there is a strong public policy justification, including for national security purposes.</P><P>● Sets the age from which parental consent is not needed to process data online at age 13, supported by a new age-appropriate design code enforced by the Information Commissioner.</P><P><STRONG>Law enforcement processing</STRONG></P><P>● Provides a bespoke regime for the processing of personal data by the police, prosecutors and other criminal justice agencies for law enforcement purposes.</P><P>● Allows the unhindered flow of data internationally whilst providing safeguards to protect personal data. Intelligence services processing</P><P>● Ensures that the laws governing the processing of personal data by the intelligence services remain up-to-date and in-line with modernised international standards, including appropriate safeguards with which the intelligence community can continue to tackle existing, new and emerging national security threats.</P><P><STRONG>Regulation and enforcement</STRONG></P><P>● Enacts additional powers for the Information Commissioner who will continue to regulate and enforce data protection laws.</P><P>● Allows the Commissioner to levy higher administrative fines on data controllers and processors for the most serious data breaches, up to £17m (€20m) or 4% of global turnover for the most serious breaches.</P><P>● Empowers the Commissioner to bring criminal proceedings against offences where a data controller or processor alters records with intent to prevent disclosure following a subject access request.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:47:32 GMT leroux 2023-10-09T08:47:32Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Privacy/The-UK-Data-Protection-Act-has-received-the-Royal-Assent/m-p/10881#M495 <P>The main elements of the <A href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/data-protection-act-2018" target="_self">Data Protection Act 2018</A> are:</P><P><STRONG>General data processing </STRONG></P><P>● Implements GDPR standards across all general data processing.</P><P>● Provides clarity on the definitions used in the GDPR in the UK context.</P><P>● Ensures that sensitive health, social care and education data can continue to be processed while making sure that confidentiality in health and safeguarding situations is maintained.</P><P>● Provides appropriate restrictions to rights to access and delete data to allow certain processing currently undertaken to continue where there is a strong public policy justification, including for national security purposes.</P><P>● Sets the age from which parental consent is not needed to process data online at age 13, supported by a new age-appropriate design code enforced by the Information Commissioner.</P><P><STRONG>Law enforcement processing</STRONG></P><P>● Provides a bespoke regime for the processing of personal data by the police, prosecutors and other criminal justice agencies for law enforcement purposes.</P><P>● Allows the unhindered flow of data internationally whilst providing safeguards to protect personal data. Intelligence services processing</P><P>● Ensures that the laws governing the processing of personal data by the intelligence services remain up-to-date and in-line with modernised international standards, including appropriate safeguards with which the intelligence community can continue to tackle existing, new and emerging national security threats.</P><P><STRONG>Regulation and enforcement</STRONG></P><P>● Enacts additional powers for the Information Commissioner who will continue to regulate and enforce data protection laws.</P><P>● Allows the Commissioner to levy higher administrative fines on data controllers and processors for the most serious data breaches, up to £17m (€20m) or 4% of global turnover for the most serious breaches.</P><P>● Empowers the Commissioner to bring criminal proceedings against offences where a data controller or processor alters records with intent to prevent disclosure following a subject access request.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:47:32 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Privacy/The-UK-Data-Protection-Act-has-received-the-Royal-Assent/m-p/10881#M495 leroux 2023-10-09T08:47:32Z