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data Controllers and data Processors 20140506 Version: ICO lo Introduction ........................................ ..................................... 3 Overview ........................................ ........................................ . 3 Section 1 - What is the difference between a data controller and a data processor? ........................................ ................................ 4 What the DPA says ........................................ ........................... 4 Processing required by law ........................................ ................ 5 Why is it important to distinguish between data Controllers and data Processors ?

or significant decision-making in relation to personal data must be carried out by a data controller. This is not a hard and fast distinction and some aspects of ‘processing’, for example ‘holding’ personal data, could be common to the controller and the processor. Processing required by …

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