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General Data Protection Regulation

GDPR

UK legislation

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General Data Protection Regulation

Legislation

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United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation, Article 1

United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation Article 1: Subject-matter and objectives 1. This Regulation lays down rules relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and rules relating to the free movement of personal data. 2. This Regulation protects fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons and in particular their right to the protection of personal data.

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UK legislation

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General Data Protection Regulation

Legislation

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Data Protection Act 2018

An Act to make provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to individuals; to make provision in connection with the Information Commissioner's functions under certain regulations relating to information; to make provision for a direct marketing code of practice; and for connected purposes.

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Definition

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General Data Protection Regulation

Focus Adult Social Work

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NE Lincolnshire Council: Social Care Handbook

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) replaces the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and was designed to harmonise data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower all EU citizens data privacy and to reshape the way organizations across the region approach data privacy.

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Definition

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UK General Data Protection Regulation

NHS England

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NHS England Transformation Directorate: Information Governance Framework for Integrated Health and Care: Shared Care Records (Sep 2021)

The EU regulation that was passed in May 2016 and transferred into UK law with the UK leaving the EU in January 2021. It forms part of the new data protection regime in the UK, alongside the Data Protection Act 2018.

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Digital/TEC definition

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General Data Protection Regulation

Tunstall

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Tunstall Healthcare (UK) Ltd

The legislation that covers the key principles along with rights and obligations when processing personal data in the United Kingdom and sits alongside the Data Protection Act 2018.

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Digital/TEC definition

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General Data Protection Regulation

Digital Social Care

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Digital Social Care (digitalsocialcare.org.uk)

GDPR is the regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individual citizens of the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). It became law on the 25th May 2018.

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