Processing of personal data
To make it short:
Processing = Collecting + Exploiting + Destruction
A more detailed definition:
Processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as:
• collection,
• recording,
• organisation,
• structuring,
• storage,
• adaption or alteration,
• retrieval,
• consultation,
• use,
• disclosure by transmission,
• dissemination or otherwise making available,
• alignment or combination,
• restriction,
• erasure
So, in principle, everything one can do with data is processing!
Examples:
• staff management and payroll administration;
• access to/consultation of a contacts database containing personal data;
• sending promotional e-mails;
• shredding documents containing personal data;
• posting/putting a photo of a person on a website;
• storing IP addresses or MAC addresses;
• video recording (CCTV).
Processing of personal data
To make it short:
Processing = Collecting + Exploiting + Destruction
A more detailed definition:
Processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as:
• collection,
• recording,
• organisation,
• structuring,
• storage,
• adaption or alteration,
• retrieval,
• consultation,
• use,
• disclosure by transmission,
• dissemination or otherwise making available,
• alignment or combination,
• restriction,
• erasure
So, in principle, everything one can do with data is processing!
Examples:
• staff management and payroll administration;
• access to/consultation of a contacts database containing personal data;
• sending promotional e-mails;
• shredding documents containing personal data;
• posting/putting a photo of a person on a website;
• storing IP addresses or MAC addresses;
• video recording (CCTV).