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Legal guarantees of privacy in the United Kingdom: (lack of) data protection after Brexit
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
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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
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Employers' Statutory Vicarious Liability in Terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act
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
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Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell Policy Strangles Research and Do-Gooder Intentions Ablaze
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
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Historical versus contemporary climate forcing on the annual nesting variability of loggerhead sea turtles in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. [PDF]
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
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Physical-Social Analysis of the Historical Fabric of Shooshtar City [PDF]
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
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The Data Protection Act 1998 and the occupational physician [PDF]
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].
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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
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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
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DCC Briefing Paper: Data Protection
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
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