# Data Protection Act 2018, Section 1: Overview


(1) This Act makes provision about the processing of personal data.
(2) Most processing of personal data is subject to the UK GDPR.
(3) Part 2 supplements the UK GDPR.
(4) Part 3 makes provision about the processing of personal data by competent authorities for law enforcement purposes ....
(5) Part 4 makes provision about the processing of personal data by the intelligence services (and certain processing carried out by competent authorities jointly with the intelligence services).
(6) Part 5 makes provision about the Information Commission.
(7) Part 6 makes provision about the enforcement of the data protection legislation.
(8) Part 7 makes supplementary provision, including provision about the application of this Act to the Crown and to Parliament.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-1
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