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What GDPR says

UK GDPR article 5: Principles for processing personal data

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legislation.gov.uk

  1. Lawfulness, fairness, and transparency: Personal data must be processed in a way that is lawful, fair, and transparent.

  2. Purpose limitation: Personal data must be collected for specific, legitimate purposes and not used in a way that is incompatible with those purposes.

  3. Data minimization: Personal data must be limited to what is necessary and not collected on the chance that it might be useful in the future.

  4. Accuracy: Personal data must be accurate and kept up to date where necessary.

  5. Storage limitation: Personal data must be kept for no longer than is necessary.

  6. Integrity and confidentiality (security): Personal data must be handled in a way that ensures appropriate security.

  7. Accountability: Organizations must be accountable for how they process personal data.

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