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Data protection legislation (UK GDPR, DPA 2018)

Legislation that covers data protection includes the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA), the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Digital Economy Act (DEA), the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI), the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, the Human Rights Act 1998, Commercial data contracts and the Statistics and Registration Services Act (the SRSA).