personal data
CIPP/E glossary · Last reviewed: · By Victor Humenhuk (CIPP/E certified)
personal data - Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (the data subject) - Article 4(1) GDPR.
In the CIPP/E body of knowledge, personal data comes up under Ch 4.1 - Introduction; Ch 4.2 - Personal data; IAPP Training · Module 2 - BoK II.A.
personal data in context
- In ==1980== the [[OECD]] issued Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data. (OECD Guidelines)
- [[Article 16(1) TFEU]] gives everyone the right to protection of their personal data, and Article 16(2) makes EU institutions and member states (within EU law) subject to data protection rules controlled by ==independent authorities==. (Treaty of Lisbon)
- Lisbon also raised the [[Charter of Fundamental Rights]] to ==the same legal status as the treaties==, making it legally binding, including ==Article 8== on the protection of personal data. (Background - Lisbon Treaty and institutional reform)
Where personal data is covered in the CIPP/E study notes
- Introduction to Data Protection Concepts
- Personal Data and Its Four Building Blocks
- Module 2 · Defining and identifying personal data
Related terms
- GDPR
- 1995 Data Protection Directive
- online identifier
- data subject
- Article 29 Working Party
- filing system
- Article 4(1) GDPR
- Recital 26
- Breyer
- natural person
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