- binding corporate rules
means personal data protection policies which are adhered to by a controller or processor established in the United Kingdom for transfers or a set of transfers of personal data to a controller or processor in one or more third countries within a group of undertakings, or group of enterprises engaged in a joint economic activity;
- biometric data
means personal data resulting from specific technical processing relating to the physical, physiological or behavioural characteristics of a natural person, which allow or confirm the unique identification of that natural person, such as facial images or dactyloscopic data;
- controller
means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (but see section 6 of the 2018 Act);
- data concerning health
means personal data related to the physical or mental health of a natural person, including the provision of health care services, which reveal information about his or her health status;
- direct marketing
means the communication (by whatever means) of advertising or marketing material which is directed to particular individuals;
- domestic law
means the law of the United Kingdom or of a part of the United Kingdom;
- enactment
has the same meaning as in the 2018 Act (see section 205 of that Act);
- enterprise
means a natural or legal person engaged in an economic activity, irrespective of its legal form, including partnerships or associations regularly engaged in an economic activity;
- filing system
means any structured set of personal data which are accessible according to specific criteria, whether centralised, decentralised or dispersed on a functional or geographical basis;
- foreign designated authority
means an authority designated for the purposes of Article 13 of the Data Protection Convention (as defined in section 3 of the 2018 Act) by a party, other than the United Kingdom, which is bound by that Convention;
- genetic data
means personal data relating to the inherited or acquired genetic characteristics of a natural person which give unique information about the physiology or the health of that natural person and which result, in particular, from an analysis of a biological sample from the natural person in question;
- group of undertakings
means a controlling undertaking and its controlled undertakings;
- information society service
means a service as defined in point (b) of Article 1(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Councilas it has effect immediately before IP completion day;
- international organisation
means an organisation and its subordinate bodies governed by public international law, or any other body which is set up by, or on the basis of, an agreement between two or more countries.
- intra-group transmission
means transmission between members of a group of undertakings or between members of a group of institutions affiliated to a central body;
- national competent bodies
means competent bodies of the United Kingdom or a part of the United Kingdom.
- personal data
means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’);
- personal data breach
means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed;
- 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, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise m.aking available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;
- processor
means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller;
- profiling
means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements;
- pseudonymisation
means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person;
- recipient
means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not.
- relevant person
means a public body or another person exercising functions of a public nature.
- relevant processing of personal data
means processing to which this Regulation applies, other than processing described in Article 2(1)(a) or (b) or (1A).
- representative
means a natural or legal person established in the United Kingdom who, designated by the controller or processor in writing pursuant to Article 27, represents the controller or processor with regard to their respective obligations under this Regulation;
- restriction of processing
means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future;
- security of network and information systems
has the same meaning as in the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/506) (see regulation 1(3)(g)).
- the 2018 Act
means the Data Protection Act 2018;
- the automated or structured processing of personal data
means—
- the Commission
means the Information Commission (see section 114A of the 2018 Act);
- the manual unstructured processing of personal data
means the processing of personal data which is not the automated or structured processing of personal data;
- the relevant authority
means—
- third country
means a country or territory outside the United Kingdom;
- third party
means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data;
- tribunal
means any tribunal in which legal proceedings may be brought.