Data Protection Act 1998

Public General Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Legislation public_general_act_of_the_parliament_of_the_united_kingdom Q1172237
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Data Protection Act 1998

Summary

Data Protection Act 1998 is a Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom[1]. It draws 30 Wikipedia views per month (public_general_act_of_the_parliament_of_the_united_kingdom category, ranking #66 of 541).[2]

Key Facts

  • Data Protection Act 1998 is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's instance of is recorded as Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom[4].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's language of work or name is recorded as English[5].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's legislated by is recorded as Parliament of the United Kingdom[6].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's publication date is recorded as +1998-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02vnt5[8].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/29/contents[9].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United Kingdom[10].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's legal citation of this text is recorded as 1998 c. 29[11].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's official name is recorded as An Act to make new provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to individuals, including the obtaining, holding, use or disclosure of such information.[12].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's BBC Things ID is recorded as f541671e-efbd-4f2c-8a1d-7b4ce630a683[13].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's short name is recorded as Data Protection Act 1998[14].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's repealed by is recorded as Data Protection Act 2018[15].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's parliamentary term is recorded as 1st session of the 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom[16].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's legislation.gov.uk ID is recorded as ukpga/1998/29[17].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 378058[18].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's UK Parliament ID is recorded as go6PxXGV[19].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 69360830[20].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's date of promulgation is recorded as +1998-07-16T00:00:00Z[21].
  • Data Protection Act 1998's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C69360830[22].

Why It Matters

Data Protection Act 1998 draws 30 Wikipedia views per month (public_general_act_of_the_parliament_of_the_united_kingdom category, ranking #66 of 541).[2]

References

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  7. [9] . legislation.gov.uk. wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Data Protection Act 1998. wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . legislation.gov.uk. legislation.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . Data Protection Act 1998. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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