Data Protection Act

Title: Data Protection Act
Category: Literature / English | Words: 1759 | Pages: 7.5 (approximately 235 words/page)

Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act (DPA) The Data Protection Act was passed in 1984 to stop the misuse of personal data held on computers. When something is placed on computers there are ways for other people to gain that information and use it in the wrong way. The DPA set some guidelines that they use to protect the individual from having their files read by other people. The first way that the DPA would protect an individual is, …showed first 75 words of 1759 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1759 total…where systems have been protected by access codes or something to protect the information that is being kept on the computer. The OS stories the access codes, so when there is a person trying to access the file they have to put a certain code and if it is right then the OS gives access to that file. But if they access codes are wrong then the OS doesn’t allow access to the file.

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