The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect in the UK on 25 May 2018. It, coupled with a new UK Data Protection Act (DPA 2018) replaced the existing data protection law.
Data Protection Team
Data Protection Officer
Health of Information Governance and Data Protection Officer NHS Informatics Merseyside Information Governance Team Holliins Park Winwick Warrington Cheshire WA2 8WA DPO.IM@imerseyside.nhs.uk
Data Controllers
Dr Deepak Gupta
Dr Stephen Donald
Dr Sujeeth Mangarai
Regulations
The EU GDPR is designed to harmonise data privacy laws across Europe. It aims to protect all EU citizens from privacy and data breaches. It replaces the Data Protection Act (DPA) which dates back to the 1990s when organisations held less data on individuals.