วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 14 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2553

The Meaning of personal data under the Data Protection Act 1988

 I searched the information about the workshop 2 .Task 2 (b).I found the answer is in Data Protection & Compliance in Context ,author is Stewart Room which published in 2007,On the page36 stated as following
Convention “Personal data” mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual (‘data subject’)[1]
Directive “Personal data “shall mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person(‘data subject’);an identifiable person is one who can be identification number or to one or more factors specific to his physical ,physiological, mental , economic, cultural or social identity;[2]
DPA “personal data” means data which relate to a living individual who can be identified-
(a)    From those data ,or
(b)   From those data and other information which is in the possession of ,or is likely to come into the possession of, the data controller, and includes any expression of opinion about the individual and any indication of the intentions of the data controller or any other person in respect of the individual;[3]


[1] Council of Europe’s Data Protection Convention 1981
[2] EC Data Protection Directive 1995
[3] Data Protection Act 1984

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