Glossary of Marketing Communications Terminology

Data Protection Act

A law which makes organisations responsible for protecting the privacy of personal data. The current act (Data Protection Act 1998) is the United Kingdom's response to the requirement to implement National legislation in accordance with the European Directive 95/46/EC.

• DAGMAR
• Data Processing
• Data Protection Act
• Data Sheet
• Database
• Database Marketing
• Datasheet
• Decision Making Unit (DMU)
• Delegate
• Demand
• Demographic Data
• Development
• Differentiation
• Digital Video

• DINKY
• Direct Mail
• Direct Marketing
• Direct Response Advertising (DRA)
• Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
• Disintermediation
• Distance Learning
• Distribution
• Diversification
• Doorway Domain
• Doorway Page
• DVD
• Dynamic Web Page