Special meanings

At some stage you will need to look through all the interpretations given in section 2 of the Ordinance, but a few meanings are different enough from their everyday usage that they are worth knowing about straight away:

These are . . .

  • Correction - includes deletion
  • Data - includes on paper & others
  • Document - includes visual images and computer records
  • Data subject
  • Relevant person
  • Data user
  • Requestor
  • Use personal data - includes disclosing or transferring it

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