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SAMPLE ARTICLE: What you can ask us to do with your data under the Data Protection Act 2018

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The Data Protection Act 2018 sits alongside the UK GDPR and governs how organisations in the UK handle personal data. If you are unhappy with how an organisation has handled your data, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) explains how to complain on its website.

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Correction, 23 October 2026: SAMPLE correction. An earlier version of this sample article said the Data Protection Act was passed in 2017. In fact, it is the Data Protection Act 2018. We have corrected this.

Sources

  1. Data Protection Act 2018, legislation.gov.uk (The National Archives). Accessed 23 October 2026.
  2. Make a complaint, Information Commissioner's Office. Accessed 23 October 2026.

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