| Data Protection Act : The Commissioner
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The Act created an Information Commissioner (previously known as the Data Protection Commissioner) who is
responsible for enforcing the Data Protection Act and spreading information about it. The Commissioner
maintains a Data Contoller Register (the Register) which is a list
of all of the people who hold personal data and the purposes that they will use the
data for.
- Anyone who wants to store personal data on a computer system must notify the Information
Commissioner.
- Data controllers who store information on paper do not have to notify the Commissioner, but
the rules set out in the Act still apply to the information.
- There are some limited exceptions of data which can be stored on a computer
without the Information Commissioner being notified.
GCSE ICT Companion 04 - (C) P Meakin 2004