What are the principles of data protection?
Second Data Protection Principle - Purpose limitation
Purpose limitation means that an entity may not collect your information for one purpose and use it for another, incompatible purpose.
Example
If you go to a doctor, you trust that your information will only be used to treat you and to bill you or your insurance company. The doctor may not sell your diagnosis and contact information to a pharmaceutical company, so they can market a new medicine to you. That would be an incompatible use of your data.
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