Processing of Personal Data and Special Category Data
Processing of Personal Data and Special Category Data
Under data protection legislation, the definition of processing is wide and covers any of the following operations:
- collection
- recording
- organising
- structuring
- storage
- adaptation or alteration
- retrieval
- consultation
- use
- disclosure by transmission
- dissemination or otherwise making available
- alignment or combination
- restriction
- erasure or destruction
If you have access to personal data about a living individual, then you are processing that personal data and the processing is subject to the terms of all data protection legislation.