Data Protection Act 2018

25Manual unstructured data used in longstanding historical researchU.K.
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(1)The provisions of [F1the UK GDPR] listed in subsection (2) do not apply to personal data to which [F2the UK GDPR] applies by virtue of [F3Article 2(1A)] (manual unstructured personal data held by FOI public authorities) at any time when—

(a)the personal data—

(i)is subject to processing which was already underway immediately before 24 October 1998, and

(ii)is processed only for the purposes of historical research, and

(b)the processing is not carried out—

(i)for the purposes of measures or decisions with respect to a particular data subject, or

(ii)in a way that causes, or is likely to cause, substantial damage or substantial distress to a data subject.

(2)Those provisions are—

(a)in Chapter II F4...(principles), Article 5(1)(d) (the accuracy principle), and

(b)in Chapter III F5... (rights of the data subject)—

(i)Article 16 (right to rectification), and

(ii)Article 17(1) and (2) (right to erasure).

(3)The exemptions in this section apply in addition to the exemptions in section 24.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. 2 Ch. 3 applied (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EU) No. 625/2017, Art. 143 (as substituted by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 27(3) (with reg. 46))