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What does Data protection mean? In legal practice, data protection describes the rules governing how organisations collect, use, share, retain and secure personal data, including employees’ information. In the UK this regime is set by the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018; in Ireland by the EU GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 (Ireland). The label is descriptive; core concepts (personal data, controller, processor, special category data) and obligations are defined in legislation. In employment, the employer is typically the controller and must identify a lawful basis (for example, contract, legal obligation or legitimate interests) and, for special category data,...

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Disclosure and data protection in civil litigation: CPR interplay, lawful processing, redaction, special category data, privilege and DSARs (England and Wales)

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This Practice Note explores Data protection considerations that arise when conducting disclosure in civil proceedings. It explains how the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) frameworks intersect with disclosure, the handling of Personal data and Special Category Data, the Redaction of personal data, the approach to documents protected by legal professional privilege (LPP) under data protection law, and the treatment of data subject access requests (DSARs).

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  • the EU GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679
  • the UK version of the EU GDPR, retained in UK law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
  • the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018), which operates alongside the UK GDPR

Note that the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA 2025) received Royal Assent on 19 June 2025. Certain provisions took effect immediately, with most others expected to commence a few months later. DUAA 2025 introduces amendments to aspects of both the UK GDPR and the DPA 2018, including areas concerning subject access requests and legitimate interests...

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