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The following is taken from the Genomics England IG Confidrentiality and Data Protection Policy which can be found in the Library and Resources section of the website Image Added.

Data Protection

The Data Protection Act 1998 (The Act) came into force in March 2000. The Act sets out standards which must be satisfied when processing data relating to living individuals. Processing includes recording, obtaining, holding, using, generating derived data, analysing, disclosing and destroying personal data. The Act covers information on any media stored on computers and also within manual records.

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