Three main UK laws protecting data and data system

1. Legislation Protecting
Data and DataSystems
This presentation will outline some of the key UK laws that
are in place to protect our data and the system we use to
manage the data

2. The three main
pieces of
legislation that
protect data
and data
systems in the
UK are:
1.Data protection Act 1998
2.Computer MisuseACT 1990
3.Freedom of information Act
2000

3. The Data
ProtectionAct
1998
 What does it
protect?
 The aim of the Data
Protection Act is to
ensure that the
personal data
people provide
organisation they
chose to interact
with is processed
and stored safely
and that it is used in
appropriate ways
 How