New Data Protection Act in Force

The new Data Protection Act 1998 came into force on 1 March 2000,
replacing the old 1984 Act (see Vol.3, Iss.3). It now covers certain
manual files and imposes far stricter requirements on of the
processing of personal data. Employers that use personal data (that
is, information which identifies living individuals) need to ensure
that they comply with the eight data protection principles specified
in the Act. These require processing to be fair and lawful and impose
quality obligations to ens... (83 more words)

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Protecting your data

We take data protection very seriously. We will never share your data with third parties. We process data in accordance with: the Data Protection Act 1998; the 11th edition of the British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion and Marketing Practice; and the DMA Direct Marketing Code of Practice.