Background, History and EU Context. Privacy rights and the misuse of Private information. Interpretation of the Act and Key definitions, Including Territorial Applications. Data Protection and Rightsof Access under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Grounds for processing. The Principles. Security of personal data. Overseas or Cross Border Transfers of Personal Data. Notification. Individual Rights # General Points. Subject Access. Right to Prevent Processing. Rights Relating to Automated Systems. Compensation and Other Individual Remedies. Exemptions for Regulations, National Security, Crime Control and Taxation. Exemptions for the protection of the Individual: Family, Employers, Health, Social Work, and Schools Information. Exemptions for the Special Purposes: Journalistic, Literary and Artisitic. Research. Miscellaneous Exemptions. Complaints, Assessments and Enforcement powers of the Commissioner. Criminal enforcement by the Commissioner. Access to Criminal Records and Enforced Subject Access. Electronic Communication and the Privacy and Electronic Communication (EC Directive) Regulation 2003. Monitoring of Communications. Data Retention. Data Sharing. The Commissioner and the First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights). Data Protection Laws in Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man. Appendices.