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the affirmative resolution procedure | section 182 |
the applied Chapter 2 (in Chapter 3 of Part 2) | section 22 |
the applied GDPR | section 3 |
assessment notice (in Part 6) | section 181 |
biometric data | section 205 |
certification provider (in Part 6) | section 181 |
the Commissioner | section 3 |
competent authority (in Part 3) | section 30 |
consent (in Part 4) | section 84 |
controller | section 3 |
data concerning health | section 205 |
the Data Protection Convention | section 3 |
the data protection legislation | section 3 |
data subject | section 3 |
employee (in Parts 3 and 4) | sections 33 and 84 |
enactment | section 205 |
enforcement notice (in Part 6) | section 181 |
filing system | section 3 |
FOI public authority (in Chapter 3 of Part 2) | section 21 |
the GDPR | section 3 |
genetic data | section 205 |
government department | section 205 |
health professional | section 204 |
health record | section 205 |
identifiable living individual | section 3 |
inaccurate | section 205 |
information notice (in Part 6) | section 181 |
intelligence service (in Part 4) | section 82 |
international obligation of the United Kingdom | section 205 |
international organisation | section 205 |
the Law Enforcement Directive | section 3 |
the law enforcement purposes (in Part 3) | section 31 |
the made affirmative resolution procedure | section 182 |
Minister of the Crown | section 205 |
the negative resolution procedure | section 182 |
penalty notice (in Part 6) | section 181 |
penalty variation notice (in Part 6) | section 181 |
personal data | section 3 |
personal data breach (in Parts 3 and 4) | sections 33 and 84 |
processing | section 3 |
processor | section 3 |
profiling (in Part 3) | section 33 |
public authority (in the GDPR and Part 2) | section 7 |
public body (in the GDPR and Part 2) | section 7 |
publish | section 205 |
recipient (in Parts 3 and 4) | sections 33 and 84 |
representative (in Part 6) | section 181 |
representative body (in relation to a right of a data subject) | section 187 |
restriction of processing (in Parts 3 and 4) | sections 33 and 84 |
social work professional | section 204 |
the special purposes (in Part 6) | section 174 |
special purposes proceedings (in Part 6) | section 174 |
subordinate legislation | section 205 |
third country (in Part 3) | section 33 |
tribunal | section 205 |
the Tribunal | section 205 |
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