Data Protection Act 1998

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Data Protection Act 1998

Quality:

Data Protection Act 1998 - Public General Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. Article “Data Protection Act 1998” in English Wikipedia has 56.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 36 references and 16 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Data Protection Act 1998”, its content was written by 594 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 627 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 173 times in English Wikipedia and cited 184 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #1848 in June 2005
  • Global: #9338 in December 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #13184 in November 2012
  • Global: #28753 in November 2010

There are 4 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Data Protection Act 1998
56.3878
2German (de)
Data Protection Act 1998
29.6065
3French (fr)
Data Protection Act 1998
28.573
4Chinese (zh)
1998年數據保護法令
27.8756
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Data Protection Act 1998" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Data Protection Act 1998
4 760 311
2German (de)
Data Protection Act 1998
28 095
3Chinese (zh)
1998年數據保護法令
9 672
4French (fr)
Data Protection Act 1998
1 104
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Data Protection Act 1998" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Data Protection Act 1998
2 284
2Chinese (zh)
1998年數據保護法令
38
3German (de)
Data Protection Act 1998
31
4French (fr)
Data Protection Act 1998
15
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Data Protection Act 1998" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Data Protection Act 1998
594
2German (de)
Data Protection Act 1998
15
3French (fr)
Data Protection Act 1998
10
4Chinese (zh)
1998年數據保護法令
8
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Data Protection Act 1998" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Data Protection Act 1998
0
2English (en)
Data Protection Act 1998
0
3French (fr)
Data Protection Act 1998
0
4Chinese (zh)
1998年數據保護法令
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Data Protection Act 1998" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Data Protection Act 1998
173
2Chinese (zh)
1998年數據保護法令
6
3German (de)
Data Protection Act 1998
3
4French (fr)
Data Protection Act 1998
2
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Quality measures

Interwikis

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Data Protection Act 1998
enEnglish
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frFrench
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zhChinese
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Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#13184
11.2012
Global:
#28753
11.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#1848
06.2005
Global:
#9338
12.2005

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Data Protection Act 1998 from Wikipedia articles about Data Protection Act 2018, Right of access to personal data, Data retention, Nigel Farage Coutts scandal and Online newspaper. Whereas reading the article about Data Protection Act 1998 people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Data Protection Act 2018, General Data Protection Regulation, Data Protection Directive, Right of access to personal data and Computer Misuse Act 1990.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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