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<dc:title>The Telecommunications (Data Protection and Privacy) (Direct Marketing) Regulations 1998</dc:title>
<dc:subject>Telecommunications</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Radio</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Television</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Privacy and data protection</dc:subject>
<dc:subject scheme="SIheading">TELECOMMUNICATIONS</dc:subject>
<dc:modified>2022-11-06</dc:modified>
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<dc:description>Directive 97/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (“the 1997 Directive”) concerns the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the telecommunications sector. It supplements Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (provisions for the implementation of which are contained in the Data Protection Act 1998—c.29).</dc:description>
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