Data Protection Act 2018
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Application of Part 5 | ||
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70. (1) This Part applies, subject to subsection (2), to the processing of personal data by or on behalf of a controller where the processing is carried out— | ||
(a) for the purposes of— | ||
(i) the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences, including the safeguarding against, and the prevention of, threats to public security, or | ||
(ii) the execution of criminal penalties, | ||
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(b) by means that— | ||
(i) are wholly or partly automated, or | ||
(ii) where the personal data form part of, or are intended to form part of, a relevant filing system, are not automated. | ||
(2) This Part shall not apply to the processing of personal data— | ||
(a) that occurs in the course of an activity falling outside the scope of the law of the European Union, | ||
(b) by an institution, body, office or agency of the European Union, or | ||
(c) to which section 8 (1)(b) applies. |