Data Protection Act (DPA) The Data Protection Act was passed in 1984 to stop the misuse of personal data held on computers. When something is placed on computers there are ways for other people to gain that information and use it in the wrong way. The DPA set some guidelines that they use to protect the individual from having their files read by other people. The first way that the DPA would protect an individual is, …showed first 75 words of 1746 total…

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