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Whats DPA??

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Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 22 May 2014 01:22

Disposal of Personal Assets?

Also as used on Diesel engines.


Distributor Pump Assembly

Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 21 May 2014 23:41

Anyone can apply to recieve any such data held but only about themselves no one else..........so no one can report you to the DPA isnt it called freedom of information? or am I getting me wires crossed ? ;-)

Mersey

Mersey Report 21 May 2014 22:05

No idea....to be honest I dont care just made me laugh :-D :-D :-D

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 21 May 2014 22:03

me too - so how have we been reported Mers? :-S :-S

Mersey

Mersey Report 21 May 2014 21:51

Clarifications on DPA,just incase one did not know, like me.......Wiki is a wonderful thing :-D :-D

The Data Protection Act (DPA) is a law passed by the British government in 1998.

It sets out rules for people who use or store data about living people and gives rights to those people whose data has been collected. The law applies to data held on computers 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 users. People who the data is about are called data subjects.
Main Points of The Act

This is a brief simplified summary of the main principles of the UK Data Protection Act

If you collect data about people for one reason, you can not use it for a different reason;
You can not give people's data to other people or organizations unless they agree;
People have the right to look at data that any organizations store about them;
You can not keep the data for longer than you need to and it must be kept up to date;
You cannot send the data to places outside of the European Economic Area.
Most organizations that store data about people have to register with the Information Commissioner’s Office;
If you store data about people you must make sure that it is secure and well protected;
If an organization has data about you that is wrong, then you have a right to ask them to change it.

Please note that this summary leaves out a lot of detail.

The newest version of the DPA was released in 1998.


Beyond Me PMSL :-D :-D

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 21 May 2014 19:38

Despicable People Around

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 21 May 2014 19:30

Desperate Pedantic Aggro

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 21 May 2014 19:09

Dopey Persists Again ;-) ;-)

KittytheLearnerCook

KittytheLearnerCook Report 21 May 2014 18:57

Distinctly peevish atmosphere :-)

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 21 May 2014 18:48

OR

Dypsomaniac People Around :-D :-D

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 21 May 2014 18:48

Demented Person Alert :-D

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 21 May 2014 18:45

Desperately Poor Ancestors

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 21 May 2014 18:43

Discontinued Parental Access

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 21 May 2014 18:03

Very good.

KittytheLearnerCook

KittytheLearnerCook Report 21 May 2014 17:56

Don't post answer ;-)

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 21 May 2014 17:47

I once got reported for running an illegal radio station
maybe the 25 foot aerial on the roof gave it away

anyway all come right in the end as they couldn't prove anything :-D :-D

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 21 May 2014 17:43

How do you know you have been "reported to the DPA"?

Fly

Fly Report 21 May 2014 16:18

Dangerous party animals ;-)0 :-D :-D :-D thats for Stray :-D

Graham

Graham Report 21 May 2014 16:13

The RRer probably thinks it stands for Don't Post Anything

Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 21 May 2014 15:49

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D