Mental Health Act 20266
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Chapter 2 Data protection | ||
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Definitions (Chapter 2: data protection) | ||
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189. In this Chapter— | ||
“Act of 2018” means the Data Protection Act 2018 ; | ||
“controller” means a controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation; | ||
“General Data Protection Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 20161 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation); | ||
“personal data” has the meaning it has in the General Data Protection Regulation; | ||
“processing”, in relation to personal data, has the meaning it has in the General Data Protection Regulation; | ||
“special categories of personal data” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2018. | ||