Data protection and security

Personal data

Any information about a living person who can be identified from it.

  • Data protection and security

Definition

Any information about a living person who can be identified from it. They may be identified directly, such as by name. They may also be identified indirectly, by combining it with other information.

Example

Alta Sky Centre counts unique customers by booking account. A booking account with a name and an email address is personal data.

Alta Sky Centre AS is a fictional company created for Insyt.

For your role

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Why it matters

It must be handled lawfully and securely.

Where it is used

Privacy policies, GDPR training and data requests.