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Data protection
Data protectionUnder the Data Protection Act 1984, those holding personal data on computer (where the data relates to identifiable individuals) must observe certain principles in how the data is held and in respect of the collection, holding, disclosure, use and granting of access to that data. In particular they must register with the Data Protection Agency. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Protection 1) English law. A privilege granted by the king to a party to an action, by which he is protected from a judgment which would otherwise be rendered against him. 2) Government. That benefit or safety which the government affords to the citizens. 3) merc. law. The name of a document generally given by notaries public, to sailors and other persons going abroad, in which is certified that the bearer therein named, is a citizen of the United States. Personal Belonging to the person. Principles By this term is understood truths or propositions so clear that they cannot be proved nor contradicted, unless by propositions which are still clearer. They are of two kinds, one when the principle is universal, and these are kuown as axioms or maxims; as, no one can transmit rights which he has not; the accessory follows the principal, &c. The other class are simply called first principles. Access Person. Approach, or the means or power of approaching. Sometimes by access is understood sexual intercourse; at other times the opportunity of communicating together so that sexual intercourse may have taken place, is also called access. Register 1) Register or Registrar. An officer authorized by law to keep a record called a register or registry; as the register for the probate of wills.2) Common law. The certificate of registry granted to the person or persons entitled thereto, by the collector of the district, comprehending the port to which any ship or vessel shall belong; more properly, the registry itself. 3) Evidence. A book containing a record of facts as they occur, kept by public authority; a register of births, marriages and burials. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Danger In the law of self defense "apparent danger" means such overt, actual demonstration, by conduct and acts, of a design to take life or to do some great personal injury, as makes killing apparently necessary for self-preservation. Dangers of the sea Maritim law. This phrase is sometimes put in bills of lading, the master of the ship agreeing to deliver the goods therein mentioned to the consignee, who is named, the dangers of the sea excepted. Dare Latin. To give; to transfer. Darrein corruption of the French word "dernier," the last. Darrein seisin The name of a plea to a writ of entry or a writ of right. Data protection Date Latin datum, a thing given. The primary signification is time "given" or specified, - in some way ascertained and fixed. In the ancient form the clause ran: datum apud, etc., specifying the place and time; thence called the datum clause, afterward shortened to "date". Dation Civil law, contracts. The act of giving something. Dative That which may be given or disposed of at will and pleasure. It sometimes means that which is not cast upon the party by the law, or by a testator, but which is given by the magistrate; in this sense it is that tutorship is dative, when the tutor is appointed by the malistrate. Daughter An immediate female descendant. Daughter-in-law In Latin, nurus, is the wife of one's son. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Data protection. If you have a better definition for Data protection than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Data protection may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Data protection and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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