The UK last passed laws on data protection in 1998. At that time, the World Wide Web had only existed for four years, Google wasn't a verb and Evan Spiegel – the billionaire founder of photo sharing company Snapchat – was only five years old.
Since then, rapid advances in technology have completely changed the way most people go about their daily lives. Today, we communicate, work, shop and socialise online. Growing internet usage has created a treasure trove of data to which vast quantities are added every second.
