In due course this new offence became section 55 of the 1998 Data Protection Act which makes it illegal to unlawfully obtain personal information and it carries a public interest defence.

适时地，这项罪名成为1998年数据保护法中的第55条。这使得不正当地获取个人信息非法，但这项罪名可以以公众利益作为抗辩理由。

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The Data Protection Act and Article 8 of the Human Rights Act, which covers family and private life, require the police to protect personal information unless there is a good reason to release it.

《数据保护法案》和《人权法案》第8条涉及到家庭和私生活，要求警察保护个人信息，除非有恰当的理由才能公开。

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As mentioned above, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act applies to the federally regulated sector.

如上所述，个人信息保护和电子文件法适用于由联邦管辖的部门。

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For example, the same notifications sent to the media as required under the HITECH Act (a personal information protection act for healthcare data) may or may not be required by state regulations, depending on the states and the specifics of your incident.

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"It is deeply worrying that after a number of major data losses and the publication of two government reports on high profile breaches of the Data Protection Act, more personal information has been reported lost, " he said.

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The theft of personal information is a criminal act under Israel's Privacy Protection law.

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