Data protection principles
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Due to the Data (Use and Access) Act coming into law on 19 June 2025, this guidance is under review and may be subject to change. The Plans for new and updated guidance page will tell you about which guidance will be updated and when this will happen.
When sharing data, you must follow the data protection principles.
As previously stated, a data sharing agreement will provide a framework to help you to do this.
There are some differences between the principles in the respective pieces of legislation:
- the UK GDPR and Part 2 of the DPA 2018 for general data processing; and
- Part 3 of the DPA 2018 for law enforcement processing.
You should refer to the detailed guidance on the ICO website.
Further reading