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A dramatic plea for Churchill’s help from Bletchley Park
In 1941, four Government Code and Cypher School cryptanalysts, including Alan Turing, made a stunning appeal directly to Winston Churchill.
Series
Data Protection Registrar: Guidelines and Publicity Material
Catalogue reference: JX 2
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JX 2
This series contains guidance to the general public and publicity material on the operation of the Data Protection Act 1984 and the work of the Office of the Data Protection Registrar. The guidance provides an introduction to the Act and gives...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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JX 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Data Protection Registrar: Guidelines and Publicity Material
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Date (When the record was created)
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1984-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains guidance to the general public and publicity material on the operation of the Data Protection Act 1984 and the work of the Office of the Data Protection Registrar.
The guidance provides an introduction to the Act and gives definitions and principles of data protection. It explains what rights individuals have and help organisations decide whether they are data users or computer bureaux, and whether or not they have to register. It includes examples of registration forms.
Information on the Act is also provided by publicity material such as leaflets, stickers, newsbriefings and a data protection newsletter series.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Data Protection Registrar, 1984-2000
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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10 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1996 Data Protection Registrar
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Computing
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series no longer accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9997/
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