{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-120A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-120A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018",
  "path": "section/120A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "120A",
  "heading": "Principal objective",
  "text": "It is the principal objective of the Commission, in carrying out functions under the data protection legislation—\n(a) to secure an appropriate level of protection for personal data, having regard to the interests of data subjects, controllers and others and matters of general public interest, and\n(b) to promote public trust and confidence in the processing of personal data.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 120A-120D and cross-heading inserted (20.8.2025) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 91(3), 142(1) (with s. 91(5)); S.I. 2025/904, reg. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 120A substituted (30.9.2026) by The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/386), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 23(2)(3); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/120A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:55.804064+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}