CHAPTER 2: UNDERSTANDING THE DEFINITIONS
The DPA uses several specific terms and it helps to understand these. The DPA covers personal data. This means information which is held on a computer or in a relevant filing system and which relates to a living individual who can be identified from that information, or that and other information in the possession of the data controller (see below). It does not matter that the other information is held by a different department. Where public authorities are concerned, an even wider range of information is covered when it comes to dealing with rights of access to the information. If information is not held on a computer or a relevant filing system, or is not intended to be held on a computer or in a relevant ...
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