Section 1 — Data Protection Act 2018: Overview

Overview 1 1 This Act makes provision about the processing of personal data.

2 Most processing of personal data is subject to the UK GDPR .

3 Part 2 supplements the UK GDPR .

4 Part 3 makes provision about the processing of personal data by competent authorities for law enforcement purposes ....

5 Part 4 makes provision about the processing of personal data by the intelligence services (and certain processing carried out by competent authorities jointly with the intelligence services) .

6 Part 5 makes provision about the Information Commissioner.

7 Part 6 makes provision about the enforcement of the data protection legislation.

8 Part 7 makes supplementary provision, including provision about the application of this Act to the Crown and to Parliament.