Personal data
Learn what personal data is.
Personal data is all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
A natural person can be identified:
- either directly (example: surname and first name)
- or indirectly (example: telephone number, social security number, email or postal address, but also voice and image)
The identification of a natural person can be carried out:
- from a single data (example: name)
- from the cross-referencing of a set of data (example: a woman living at such an address, born on such a day and member of such an association)
However, the contact details of the company are not, in principle, personal data (example: generic email [email protected])
Certain categories of data are said to be "sensitive". This is information that reveals the alleged racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs or membership in a union, as well as the processing of genetic data, biometric data in order to identify a person physical data only, health data or data on the sexual life or sexual orientation of a natural person. Example: fingerprints.
In the event that sensitive data is involved in the processing, the corresponding guarantees must be provided to guarantee the compliance of the processing with the GDPR:
- express consent of the data subject
- information clearly made public by the data subject
- information necessary for the safeguard of human life
- use justified in the public interest and authorized by data protection authorities
- information concerning members or members of a political, religious, philosophical, political or trade union or organization.
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