Terms and definitions
Personal data – any information relating to a directly or indirectly identified or identifiable natural person (subject of personal data).
Personal data permitted for distribution by the subject of personal data are personal data, access to which by an unlimited number of persons is provided by the subject of personal data by giving consent to the processing of personal data permitted for distribution by the subject of personal data.
Personal data operator (operator) – a state body, municipal body, legal entity or individual that independently or jointly with other persons organizes and (or) carries out the processing of personal data, as well as determines the purposes of processing personal data, the composition of personal data subject to processing, actions (operations) performed with personal data.
Personal data processing – any action (operation) or set of actions (operations) with personal data, performed with or without the use of automation tools. Personal data processing includes, among other things:
- collection;
- recording;
- systematization;
- accumulation;
- storage;
- clarification (update, change);
- extraction;
- usage;
- transfer (provision, access);
- spreading;
- depersonalization;
- blocking;
- removal;
- destruction.
Automated processing of personal data is the processing of personal data using computer technology.
Provision of personal data – actions aimed at disclosing personal data to a specific person or a specific group of persons.
Blocking of personal data is a temporary cessation of the processing of personal data (except in cases where the processing is necessary to clarify personal data).
Destruction of personal data – actions as a result of which it becomes impossible to restore the content of personal data in the personal data information system and (or) as a result of which the material carriers of personal data are destroyed.
Depersonalization of personal data – actions as a result of which it becomes impossible to determine the ownership of personal data to a specific subject of personal data without the use of additional information.
Personal data information system – a set of personal data contained in databases and information technologies and technical means that ensure their processing.
Cross-border transfer of personal data is the transfer of personal data to the territory of a foreign state to a foreign government body, a foreign individual or a foreign legal entity.