What term is defined by the European Commission to mean any data that relates to an identified or identifiable individual?
What term is defined by the European Commission to mean any data that relates to an identified or identifiable individual?
The term defined by the European Commission to mean any data that relates to an identified or identifiable individual is 'personal data.' According to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), 'personal data' refers to any information that can identify a natural person either directly or indirectly, such as a name, identification number, location data, or an online identifier.
• Personal Data (EU) • EU – Any information that could be used on its own or in conjunction with other data to ID an individual. • GDPR: Personal Data • “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;
C. Personal data.