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BCS Exam PDP9 Topic 2 Question 34 Discussion

Actual exam question for BCS's PDP9 exam
Question #: 34
Topic #: 2
[All PDP9 Questions]

When were data protection rights first introduced into UK law'?

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Suggested Answer: C

Data protection rights were first introduced into UK law by the Data Protection Act 1984, which was enacted to implement the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data of 1981. The Data Protection Act 1984 established a set of principles for the processing of personal data by data users, such as obtaining consent, ensuring accuracy, and limiting retention. It also created a system of registration for data users and a Data Protection Registrar (later renamed as the Information Commissioner) to oversee and enforce the law. The Data Protection Act 1984 was replaced by the Data Protection Act 1998, which transposed the EU Data Protection Directive 1995 into UK law and extended the scope of data protection to cover manual as well as automated processing of personal data. The Data Protection Act 1998 was further amended by the Data Protection Act 2018, which incorporated the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Law Enforcement Directive into UK law and made provisions for specific processing situations, such as national security, immigration, and journalism.Reference:

Data Protection Act 19844

Council of Europe Convention 1085

Data Protection Act 19986

Data Protection Act 20187


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Noah
11 days ago
Actually, it's A) 2000 (Data Protection Act 1998) because it was the first comprehensive legislation to address data protection in the UK.
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Gracia
11 days ago
I'm sure it's the Data Protection Act 1984. That's when they really started cracking down on all those data shenanigans!
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Linwood
16 days ago
I believe it's C) 1984 (Data Protection Act 1984).
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Noah
18 days ago
I think it's A) 2000 (Data Protection Act 1998).
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