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What it is?
Data protection is where people have a legal right to keep information about them private and can control how their information is used.   if companies collect peoples  data them they

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The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998) is an act of the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament defining the ways in which information about living people may be legally used and handled. The main intent is to protect individuals against misuse or abuse of information about them.

Reference: https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/UK-Data-Protection-Act-1998-DPA-1998

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The Data protection act outlines the rights to information that each person has and how a company must look after/ store anothers' details.
For example teachers have the right to access a students grades and the students and their parents/guardians  have the right to ask to see their grades or any relevant information that applies to them.
Those who do not have a right to view or receive information due to it not being theirs to have. Police and forensic investigators have the right to appeal/ attain information that is not theirs but to do so they must prove its relevance to the case.

In a forensic laboratory the data protection act shall cover any information that they discover, they have the right not to release it to anyone who does  not need to know those details.
The Data Protection Act ensures that whoever needs to know certain information has the right to and those who do not must not be told the details unless the circumstances change and they are required to know them in order for the case to continue.

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What it is?
Data protection is where people have a legal right to keep information about them private and can control how their information is used.   if companies collect peoples data them they

# data[].attributes.body
What is it?
It is an act that was created to protect any personal information (data) that people release to companies. If any companies break this then they break the law. When people chose to give information to companies the companies have to tell the person what the company will use the information for and how they store it. They also need to keep the information that people give them up to date.

How forensics need to comply with the act.
Forensics need to comply with the data protection act as they deal with personal information about the criminals, victims and witnesses. They need to keep all of their information up to date.

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What is the Data Protection Act (1998):
The Data Protection Act is an act that was passed by parliament on how information is handled, this includes keeping the rights of those who have information kept about them on a system, including staff.

How the forensic industry have to apply to this Act:
In forensics and other criminal investigation facilities, there is lots of information about individuals that is very confidential - as well as case details. This means that it has to be kept safe, secure, due to the rights of the individuals in question. This is because it does not matter what crime a someone has committed or law they have breached, they still have the same rights as everyone else. To ensure this is kept the Data Protection Act (1998) ensures each person is treated with the same respect as everyone else.

References:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/29
http://search.ico.org.uk/ico/search?q=data+protection+act
http://search.ico.org.uk/ico/search?q=data+protection+act

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Data protection act was created in 1998. It was created by parliament to give people legal rights of information about them and to control the way information is handled. For Forensics it protects and secures personal data about Criminals, Criminal Investigations, Trails, Cases and other information.

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The Data Protection Act was created in 1998, in order to control information and to make sure that the correct legal rights were given to those who have information about them.

Within forensics, the Data Protection Act applies to a myriad of different components and parts of the entire forensic group. This is due to the fact that sensitive data is stored on the computers used. This could vary from researched stored from laboratory experiments to personal data of the staff members. Therefore, it is crucial that the information is kept confidential and that those who are able to view it stick to the Data Protection Act. In general the data protection act makes sure that the information is used lawfully, safe and kept no longer than needs be.

Without the Data Protection Act within forensics, things such as crucial crime scene evidence and the identity of undercover officers could be released to the public. Therefore, as aforementioned it is absolutely important that the data is kept safe, and secure.

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What is it-
The Data Protection Act was passed in 1998 to control the handling of information and to give people rights about the data stored about them.

Forensic lab compliance -
This would need to follow the data protection act exactly as it contains many data about criminals, cases, trials and many other personal details about many people. The laboratory would have to keep the data safe and secure and not allow any third party access to it.

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This act was made in 1998, and it is used to control the way that data is used and handled. It is set in place to give people legal rights on the information that is stored about them. It is the legal control over access and use of information stored in computers. For use in forensics a lot of data will be stored. There will be case files, victims details and medical details. The storage of this information is very important as it may have an effect on the outcome of cases. Evidence as data that is stored is very important, this is because it links to solving cases that can be very serious. If the data is lost or isn't stored properly than the outcome of investigations can be affected. With the storage of data, if it isn't stored correctly and safely, evidence and details can be lost or tampered with. In the data protection data can only be stored for a year after is has been collected if the person isn't involved with the place or company anymore. This is the same for forensic and criminal cases. Forensic laboratories would have to apply to this act because, the data that they have stored may be needed after the cases have been solved. This means that the workers would have to properly and effectively use the information only when it is needed and not any other time, this is because it can still be tampered with and the persons would be at risk if it is misused.
-Lili