First Schedule - Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data done at Strasbourg on the 28th day of January, 1981
From 25 May 2018, this Act ceased to apply to the processing of personal data (within the meaning of this Act) other than the processing of such data for the purposes of safeguarding the security of the State, the defence of the State or the international relations of the State, or the processing of such data under the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 or the Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Act 2018 to the extent that this Act is applied in those Acts but is still applicable to complaints made under s. 10 and contraventions of this Act that occurred before 25 May 2018, see s. 8 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (No. 7).
Preamble
The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto,
Considering that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve greater unity between its members, based in particular on respect for the rule of law, as well as human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Considering that it is desirable to extend the safeguards for everyone's rights and fundamental freedoms, and in particular the right to the respect for privacy, taking account of the increasing flow across frontiers of personal data undergoing automatic processing;
Reaffirming at the same time their commitment to freedom of information regardless of frontiers;
Recognising that it is necessary to reconcile the fundamental values of the respect for privacy and the free flow of information between peoples,
Have agreed as follows:
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 Object and purpose