Data Protection ActThe Data Protection Act (1998) came into force on 1 March 2000. It sets out the rules for the processing of personal information and applies to paper documents as well as those stored on computers. It was launched because computers were becoming more powerful and easier to use. Businesses, government, and other organizations began using them to store large amounts of information about people, such as their clients, customers, and staff details. Databases with this information can be quickly set up, searched, edited and accessed and take up less space than paper documents. Therefore, companies send people's personal data from one company to another so that it poses a danger in case someone tries to access some personal data without permission. The Data Protection Act has 8 principles: 1) It must be collected and used fairly with in law 2) It must be kept and used only for the reasons given to the Information Commissioner 3) It can only be used for registered purposes and can be disclosed only to the persons mentioned in the registry entry. You cannot give it away or sell it unless you have said so in the form 4) The information kept must be adequate (enough), relevant and not excessive (too much) compared to the purpose stated in the register. So you need to have enough detail but not too much for the work you're doing with the data. 5) They must be accurate and up to date. There is an obligation to keep it updated, for example to change an address when you move. 6) It must not be kept for longer than is necessary for the purpose recorded. It is right to keep information for certain... middle of paper......about the economic well-being of the United Kingdom''. If they do so, the employee(s) served with the wiretap warrant will have to comply with it or face up to 2 years in prison. They must NEVER tell anyone or they face up to five years in prison. The government may require that all data flowing to and from your Internet account be monitored without you ever knowing. From my point of view I think this is a bad law because the law requires any employee of a company to provide a public telecommunications service they must then obey wiretap warrants whether they like it or not, but if they disobey the law they will have to face up to 2 years in prison locked up. As far as I know, this law works well because all companies/organizations cooperate perfectly with this law.