From Longman Business Dictionarydata protectionˈdata proˌtection LAWCOMPUTINGofficial rules or laws relating to information about a person stored on computer. These laws and rules say how the information can be obtained, how long it can be kept, whether other people or organizations are allowed to see it, and whether the person involved must be allowed to see itan EU directive on data protectionthe Data Protection Act → protection
