The Data Protection Act (DPA) is a law designed to protect personal data stored on computers or in an organised paper filing system. For the GCSE ICT exam, you need to know about the 1998 Act.
The need for the Data Protection Act

During the second half of the 20th century, businesses, organisations and the government began using computers to store information about their customers, ...

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