Ch.10 Protecting Personal Data and Privacy Regulation
Question
What counts as personal data under GDPR?
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Answer
Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Names, IDs, location data, online identifiers, and indirect combinations can all qualify.
GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679
Deep dive
Personal data: the 'identifiable person' test
Any info relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. The trap: indirect identifiers (e.g., job title + postcode) can also count.
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