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=The Data Proctection Act (DPA)=

The aims of the Protection Act is The Data Protection Act (DPA) compels the academia to take specific measures to ensure that all personal information held about living (identified or identifiable) individuals in any file is processed according to eight Data Protection Principles. The following are the eight Data Protection Principles.
 * 1) Personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully.
 * 2) Personal data shall be obtained only for one or more specified and lawful purposes, and shall not be further processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or purposes.
 * 3) Personal data shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purposed or purposes for which they are processed.
 * 4) Personal data shall be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date.
 * 5) Personal data processed for any purpose shall not be kept for any longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
 * 6) Personal data shall be processed in accordance with the rights of the individual under this Act.
 * 7) Appropriate technical and organizational measures shall be taken against unauthorized or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental lost or destruction of, or damage, to personal data.
 * 8) Personal data shall not be transferred to a county or territory outside the European Economic Area, unless that country or territory ensures and adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms or the individual in relation to the processing of personal data.