Guide to Data Protection Law 2017 for Data Subjects
- Introduction
- What is data protection?
- What are the principles of data protection?
- First Data Protection Principle - Fair and lawful processing
- Second Data Protection Principle - Purpose limitation
- Third Data Protection Principle - Data minimization
- Fourth Data Protection Principle – Data accuracy
- Fifth Data Protection Principle - Storage limitation
- Sixth Data Protection Principle – Respect for the individual’s rights
- Seventh Data Protection Principle - Security – integrity and confidentiality
- Eighth Data Protection Principle - International transfers
- Your data protection rights
What are the principles of data protection?
The Data Protection Law, 2017 is centred around eight data protection principles that set out a framework within which personal data is processed. The following eight principles are a good starting point to assess the processing that is being done is being undertaken.
In brief
- First Data Protection Principle - Fair and lawful processing
- Second Data Protection Principle - Purpose limitation
- Third Data Protection Principle - Data minimization
- Fourth Data Protection Principle - Data accuracy
- Fifth Data Protection Principle - Storage limitation
- Sixth Data Protection Principle - Respect for the individual's rights
- Seventh Data Protection Principle - Security - integrity and confidentiality
- Eighth Data Protection Principle - International transfers