Defined in the law · GDPR Art. 4(6)
Filing system
In plain English
Any organised set of personal data that can be searched by specific criteria, whether it is kept in one place or spread out.
The definition in the law
‘filing system’ means any structured set of personal data which are accessible according to specific criteria, whether centralised, decentralised or dispersed on a functional or geographical basis
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