Section 5 — Data Protection Act 2018: Definitions

Definitions 5 1 Terms used in ... this Part and in the UK GDPR have the same meaning in this Part as they have in the UK GDPR .

2 In subsection (1), the reference to a term's meaning in the UK GDPR is to its meaning in the UK GDPR read with any provision of this Part which modifies the term's meaning for the purposes of the UK GDPR .

3 Subsection (1) is subject to any provision in this Part which provides expressly for the term to have a different meaning and to section 204. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 A reference in ... this Part to the processing of personal data is to processing to which this Part applies.

8 Sections 3 and 205 include definitions of other expressions used in this Part.