Defined in the law · GDPR Art. 4(1)
Personal data
In plain English
Any information about an identified or identifiable human being, meaning someone who can be identified directly or indirectly, for example through a name, an ID number, location data or an online identifier.
The definition in the law
‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person
‘personal data’ means personal data as defined in Article 4, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679
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