How to comply with the Data Protection Act
Posted 5 March 2007 at 9:50AM by Alexa Williamson in Hints and tips
Keeping your online users' data safe - and using it correctly - is not only important to ensure their trust, but it's also the law. Sensitive information collected in things such as 'Your account', online forms and credit card payments falls under the Data Protection Act (DPA).
How do you stay compliant?
Any company that collates personal data about its clients or keeps staff records - in other words, every company - must ensure it is compliant with the DPA. When storing these details, you must adhere to eight key Data Protection Principles, which ensure data is:
- processed fairly and lawfully
- processed for specified and lawful purposes
- relevant and adequate for specific purpose
- accurate and maintained
- not retained any longer than necessary
- processed in accordance with the rights of the individual
- kept secure against loss, damage or theft
- not transferred to destinations lacking adequate protection
Further reading:
- Comply with data protection legislation (Business Link)
Tags: Data Protection Act, online data protection, UK online data collection
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