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Data Protection Act 1998

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71Index of defined expressions

The following Table shows provisions defining or otherwise explaining expressions used in this Act (other than provisions defining or explaining an expression only used in the same section or Schedule)—

accessible recordsection 68
address (in Part III)section 16(3)
businesssection 70(1)
the Commissionersection 70(1)
credit reference agencysection 70(1)
datasection 1(1)
data controllersections 1(1) and (4) and 63(3)
data processorsection 1(1)
the Data Protection Directivesection 70(1)
data protection principlessection 4 and Schedule 1
data subjectsection 1(1)
disclosing (of personal data)section 1(2)(b)
EEA Statesection 70(1)
enactmentsection 70(1)
enforcement noticesection 40(1)
fees regulations (in Part III)section 16(2)
government departmentsection 70(1)
health professionalsection 69
inaccurate (in relation to data)section 70(2)
information noticesection 43(1)
Minister of the Crownsection 70(1)
the non-disclosure provisions (in Part IV)section 27(3)
notification regulations (in Part III)section 16(2)
obtaining (of personal data)section 1(2)(a)
personal datasection 1(1)
prescribed (in Part III)section 16(2)
processing (of information or data)section 1(1) and paragraph 5 of Schedule 8
public registersection 70(1)
publish (in relation to journalistic, literary or artistic material)section 32(6)
pupil (in relation to a school)section 70(1)
recipient (in relation to personal data)section 70(1)
recording (of personal data)section 1(2)(a)
registered companysection 70(1)
registrable particulars (in Part III)section 16(1)
relevant filing systemsection 1(1)
schoolsection 70(1)
sensitive personal datasection 2
special information noticesection 44(1)
the special purposessection 3
the subject information provisions (in Part IV)section 27(2)
teachersection 70(1)
third party (in relation to processing of personal data)section 70(1)
the Tribunalsection 70(1)
using (of personal data)section 1(2)(b).

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