2. Principle 2 - accuracy and
duration of retention of personal data
(1)
All practicable steps
shall be taken to ensure that-
(a)
personal
data are accurate having regard to the purpose (including any directly
related purpose) for which the personal data are or are to be used;
(b)
where
there are reasonable grounds for believing that personal data are
inaccurate having regard to the purpose (including any directly
related purpose) for which the data are or are to be used-
the
data are not used for that purpose unless and until those grounds
cease to be applicable to the data, whether by the rectification
of the data or otherwise; or
the
data are erased;
(c)
where
it is practicable in all the circumstances of the case to know that-
personal
data disclosed on or after the appointed day to a third party
are materially inaccurate having regard to the purpose (including
any directly related purpose) for which the data are or are to
be used by the third party, and
that
data were inaccurate at the time of such disclosure, that the
third party-
(A) is informed that the data are inaccurate; and
(B) is provided with such particulars as will enable the third
party to rectify the data having regard to that purpose.
(2)
Personal data shall not be kept longer than is necessary
for the fulfillment of the purpose (including any directly
related purpose) for which the data are or are to be
used.
3. Principle 3 - use of personal
data
Personal data shall
not, without the prescribed consent of the data subject, be used for any
purpose other than-
(a)
the
purpose for which the data were to be used at the time of the collection
of the data; or
(b)
a purpose directly related to the purpose referred
to in paragraph (a).
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