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To what extent does the legal proceedings exemption under the DPA 2018 apply to special category data and to what extent must we redact personal/special category data?
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To what extent does the legal proceedings exemption under the DPA 2018 apply to special category data and to what extent must we redact personal/special category data?
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To the extent that there is a legal exemption under the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) when data controllers are in litigation and need to provide documents containing personal data as part of the disclosure process, to what extent does that exemption apply and to "sensitive personal data"?
If the personal or sensitive data is not relevant to the issues in dispute but contained in a document containing relevant information, should the personal data be redacted?
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