Data Protection
Below are our 5 articles in the 'data protection' category:

You can claim compensation under the Data Protection Act if an organisation's breach of the Act's provisions meant that you underwent "damage, or damage and distress." This is extreme, but if you ...

If you can't resolve an issue with an organisation and feel they've contravened the Data Protection Act to the extent of causing you damage and distress, you can take them to court. That's fine, but ...

In this day and age, our details are on any number of computer databases, more than most of us imagine. That data can be used to make decisions about you and your future, which offers a very ...

One simple fact of modern life is that many people have information about us. Your personal data is stored in hundreds of places. In some instances, as with medical records, that might be a ...

With so much information available about you on so many databases, it's perfectly possible that some of it is either inaccurate or incorrect. That can create problems. Decisions regarding your ...