Human Rights Act 1998

Human Rights Act 1998

• In accordance with/Prescribed by law
• Necessary in a democratic society
• In the interest of national security & public safety
• Protect the economy

• For the prevention of disorder and crime
• For the Protection of health and morals
• For the protection of the rights and the freedoms of other people

UK GDPR 2021

• Data Protection Act 2018
• Makes our data protection laws fit for the digital age when an ever-increasing amount of data are being processed.
• Empowers people to take control of their data.
• Supports UK businesses and organisations through this change

• Allows the Commissioner to levy higher administrative fines on data controllers and processors for the most serious data breaches

• Only works for the data of persons that are living!

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

• The PACE codes of practice cover:
• Stop and search
• Arrest (Overhauled by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005)

• Detention

• Investigation
• Identification
• Interviewing detainees

The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

• Also known as RIPA
• Outlines the legal methods in which surveillance and information gathering can take place to help prevent crime

• RIPA distinguishes the difference between interception of data and seizure of that data.

• Allows the police to ask a suspect to give up their passwords/codes of anything they can prove the suspect has