| Question | Answer |
| DPA | A an act of parliament that dictates what you can do with peoples personal data |
| Fast rest | Different elements of the act use this help remember them |
| F | Fair and lawfully collected |
| How do you collect it fairly? | You ask for permission and be honest and open what it will be used for |
| A | It need to be accurate and up to date |
| How can you keep data accurate and up to date? | You would send out questioners every so often and contact them to find out if any thing has changed |
| S | Safe and secure |
| How can you keep data safe? | You store it on a computer with password protection or encrypt it |
| T | Time limited |
| What do you do when it is no longer relevant? | You must delete the data from where ever it is being stored |
| R | relevant and up to date |
| How can you keep the data up to date | You could send out a information sheet every year to see if every thing is the same and what needs to be changed |
| E | must not be excessive |
| How information is necessary? | So you must have enough detail but not too much for the job that you are doing |
| S | solely for a single purpose |
| Can you sell the Data? | No you can't sell the data or give it purpose other than you collected it for |
| T | The files may not be transferred out side of the EU |
| How could it leave the EU is necessary? | The country that the data is being sent to has to have a suitable data protection law |
| What data does this apply to? | It applies to all sensitive data like name, age, addresses and medical records |
| Do I have to follow it? | Yes it is created by the government and it is compulsary |
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