Title: Data Protection Registrar

Source/Sponsoring Agency: Great Britain. Office of the Data Protection Registrar

URL: http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk/

Date Checked:       Status: Active

Date Annotated: 3/2/00

Topics: Administrative Law; Banking Law; Commercial Law; Communications Law; Computer Law; Consumer Protection Law; Intellectual Property Law

Other keywords: Great Britain; Copyright; Electronic Commerce; Information Law; Telecommunications; Telecommunications Law

Contents: The Data Protection Registrar (DPR) web site focuses upon using the law to protect information in Great Britain. The website is maintained by the United Kingdom Office of the Data Protection Registrar. Full-text information is available on the Data Protection Acts of 1984 and 1998. A summary of the new Act and details concerning how to register information under the law is available. The Data Protection Registrar's Annual Reports from 1995 to the present are provided full-text in .pdf format. Areas related to data protection are addressed through summaries, documents, and links concerning criminal justice, franchisees, document image processing, and freedom of information. The DPR web site also includes relevant news stories and contact information.

Author of Annotation: E. Cooper