Tag: gdpr

  • What is personal data?

    At first… why is it important, what personal data is? Because when you process personal data, data protection regulations (like GDPR) apply to you.  When you don’t process personal data (for example because you work only with anonymous data), you are not subject to the regulations. So, what is personal data? Personal data is any…

  • What is privacy?

    Privacy Privacy is the ability of an individual to control or withhold personal information from others.  Others in this meaning could be other people, but also businesses or governments.  By the way, the word privacy came from the Latin word ‘privatus’, which means set apart of the public. It is a human right. It is…