rob, pete
you to like pulling docs apart and getting info
have you seen
http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/fsj...7/wp136_en.pdf
titled "Opinion 4/2007 on the concept of personal data"
one of the opening para's is
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The Directive contains a broad notion of personal data
The definition of personal data contained in Directive 95/46/EC (henceforth "the data
protection Directive" or "the Directive") reads as follows:
“Personal data shall mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable
natural person (“data subject”); an identifiable person is one who can be identified,
directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identification number or to one
or more factors specific to his physical, physiological, mental, economic, cultural or
social identity”.
It needs to be noted that this definition reflects the intention of the European lawmaker
for a wide notion of "personal data", maintained throughout the legislative process. The
Commission's original proposal explained that "as in Convention 108, a broad
definition is adopted in order to cover all information which may be linked to an
individual"2. The Commission's modified proposal noted that "the amended proposal
meets Parliament's wish that the definition of "personal data" should be as general as
possible, so as to include all information concerning an identifiable individual"3, a
wish that also the Council took into account in the common position4.
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that just about seems to cover the unique ID no. and the keywords / data contained in the profile
what do you think?
i feel a few more letters about to hit the postbox
peter