Results 11 to 20 of about 27,986,660 (274)

Legal guarantees of privacy in the United Kingdom: (lack of) data protection after Brexit

open access: yesIDP, 2019
In British law, the legal references for what we currently identify as privacy law are closely related to the protection of citizens’ personal information.
Marina Sancho López
doaj   +1 more source

Exploration of the Gaps in the Enactment and Implementation of the Domestic Violence Act of South Africa

open access: yesKhazanah Hukum, 2023
Domestic violence (DV) by women against men is as rife as violence by men against women. This paper argues that viewing DV as a crime committed only by men against women and never by women against men is wrong.
Sabelinah M. Tshoane   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Employers' Statutory Vicarious Liability in Terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act

open access: yesPotchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2016
A person whose privacy has been infringed upon through the unlawful, culpable processing of his or her personal information can sue the infringer's employer based on vicarious liability or institute action based on the Protection of Personal Information ...
Daleen Millard, Eugene Gustav Bascerano
doaj   +1 more source

Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell Policy Strangles Research and Do-Gooder Intentions Ablaze

open access: yesThe Scientific World Journal, 2001
Nature starts the news week by chronicling epidemiological researchers’ wrath over how Britain’s General Medical Council (GMC) has implemented the nation’s 1998 Data Protection Act.
Shauna M. Haley
doaj   +1 more source

Historical versus contemporary climate forcing on the annual nesting variability of loggerhead sea turtles in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
A recent analysis suggested that historical climate forcing on the oceanic habitat of neonate sea turtles explained two-thirds of interannual variability in contemporary loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtle nest counts in Florida, where nearly 90% of ...
Michael D Arendt   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Physical-Social Analysis of the Historical Fabric of Shooshtar City [PDF]

open access: yesبرنامه ریزی فضایی, 2023
Attention to the historical context of cities, which is a strong thread connecting any society with the past and reviving the identity of the cities, has been continuously increased and the protection of this valuable heritage has been the focus of the ...
Habibollah Fasihi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Data Protection Act 1998 and the occupational physician [PDF]

open access: yesOccupational Medicine, 2001
The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) [1] became law on 24 October 1998. It is based around eight ‘Principles of Data Protection’ (Table 1) and its provisions apply to manually processed data such as health records. For living individuals, it replaces the Access to Health Records Act 1990 [2].
openaire   +2 more sources

Enhancing Data Protection and Data Processing in the Public Sector: The Critical Role of Proportionality and the Public Interest

open access: yesSCRIPTed: A Journal of Law, Technology & Society, 2013
Data protection in the public sector has suffered from a number of high profile breaches over the last decade, revealing a culture of weak compliance, especially in comparison with that in the private sector.
Gillian Black, Leslie Stevens
doaj   +1 more source

Insights from linking police domestic abuse data and health data in South Wales, UK: a linked routine data analysis using decision tree classification

open access: yesThe Lancet Public Health, 2023
Summary: Background: Exposure to domestic abuse can lead to long-term negative impacts on the victim's physical and psychological wellbeing. The 1998 Crime and Disorder Act requires agencies to collaborate on crime reduction strategies, including data ...
Natasha Kennedy, PhD   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

DCC Briefing Paper: Data Protection

open access: yes, 2006
The Data Protection Act 1998 ("the DPA") is a piece of UK legislation designed to strike a balance between the interests of the individual in maintaining privacy over their personal details and the possibly competing interests of those with legitimate ...
McGinley, Margaret
core   +3 more sources

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy