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    'The Data Protection act' was introduced In 1988 to protect the citizens of the european union. The act gives people the freedom to access personal data but only broadcast it within the EU. All data must be 'up to data' and cannot be use for malicious purpose's. For example a school may not keep data on a student for no longer than 10 years.

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    'The Data Protection act' was introduced In 1988 to protect the citizens of the european union. The act gives people the freedom to access personal data but only broadcast it within the EU. All data must be 'up to data' and cannot be use for malicious purpose's. For example a school may not keep data on a student for no longer than 10 years.

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    Data Protection act of 1988 In the year 1988 there was a vast concern about the use and

    misuse of data. This was the era of the IBM personal computer featuring a cassette drive and 24 Mb of RAM. This was the time when people could access the internet for both educational and malicious purposes. the Government introduced 'The Data Protection Act' which gives people the freedom to access personal data but only broadcast it within the EU. This was introduced to protect the citizens of EU. All data must be up to data and cannot be use for malicious purposes . For example a school may not keep data on a student for no longer than 10 years . The school may not black mail the student with his old permanent record .

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