Data Protection Law for Employers

The new four-part Code of Practice under the Data Protection Act 1998 on employment and data protection places a further burden of responsibility on employers and their advisers. The Data Protection Act also applies to manual data, not just computer data, and a new tough enforcement policy was announced in October 2002.

This report is directly relevant to:

· All employers who handle personal data - ie. most employers
· Personnel and HR departments
· Company secretaries
· Privacy officers
· Law firms

Keywords: Data, protection, law