{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-120B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-120B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018",
  "path": "section/120B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "120B",
  "heading": "Duties in relation to functions under the data protection legislation",
  "text": "In carrying out functions under the data protection legislation, the Commission must have regard to such of the following as appear to the Commission to be relevant in the circumstances—\n(a) the desirability of promoting innovation;\n(b) the desirability of promoting competition;\n(c) the importance of the prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal offences;\n(d) the need to safeguard public security and national security;\n(e) the fact that children merit specific protection with regard to their personal data because they may be less aware of the risks and consequences associated with processing of personal data and of their rights in relation to such processing.",
  "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. 120B 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/120B",
    "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."
}