GDPR - What is personal data

MICROCOURSE

GDpr

What is personal data?

introduction

What is this course about?

The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, is European legislation aimed at protecting privacy. It therefore regulates how companies and government agencies use your personal data. Yes, but what exactly is personal data? That is what we will try to define in this micro-course. What is personal data and what is not?

course objectives

Course objectives

What will you learn by the end of this course?

Recognising personal data

Define personal data

Recognising the degrees of PD

Getting to know PD media

All this at your own pace and with multimedia resources to aid your understanding. At the end of the course, a test will allow you to check your knowledge.

"any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person".

Personal data:

Official definition

What else?

A fundamental distinction

Non-personal data

Personal data

vs

Belonging to a legal entity or a deceased natural person.

Belonging to a living, identifiable natural person.

Examples of personal data

This data is personal

My postal address

My email address

My telephone number

Yes, of course: your postal address belongs to you.

Your email address is personal data.

Yes, it makes it very easy to identify you.

Yes, these cookies are a trace that identifies you.

My subscriber number

Your movements, your stays, etc. constitute a type of personal data known as ‘behavioural’ data, which is highly valued in marketing.

My location

Yes, your subscriber number for a service or media outlet can be used to identify you personally.

The cookies I leave on Facebook

Three categories of personal data

Informations combination

Directly identifying

Indirectly identifying

Click on the buttons "+" to obtain more detailed informations about every category.

What data support?

Every type of support

An audio recording

Learning strategy based on small content units that are consumed quickly. Ideal for reinforcing concepts or learning in a flexible way.

Yes, a post-it note is a medium for personal data if it bears your name and telephone number, for example.

A post it

A photo

Involves applying game dynamics (challenges, rewards, levels) in learning environments to increase motivation and user engagement.

Your voice is unique and can be recognised by humans or software.

A photograph is an excellent way to identify yourself.

Gamification

Microlearning

A computer file

A video

A list of names of members of your local pétanque club must be treated as personal data.

A sheet of paper A4

Level of emotional and mental involvement of the user with the content. High engagement improves information retention and overall course experience.

Your names and addresses in your school's Excel file constitute personal data.

Feedback received by the user right after an activity. Helps correct errors quickly and improves understanding.

Teaching technique that proposes solving real or simulated situations to foster critical thinking and practical application of knowledge.

A video allows you to be identified, in particular through facial recognition.

Feedback Immediate

Problem-Based Learning (PBL)

Engagement

CONCEPTS

Key concepts of this course

What did you learn during this micro-module?

Personal data

Identification

Type of support

EVALUATION

Have you fully understood the various key concepts of this course?

EVALUATION

Evaluation

Which of these data is not personal within the meaning of the GDPR?

EVALUATION

01:30

EVALUATION

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Personal data

Any data that can be used to identify a living individual. Your name, postal address, telephone number, photograph, and streaming service subscriber number are examples of personal data that can be used to identify you.

The data identifies the person by association: a subscriber or telephone number, a customer number, an access code. Through this seemingly anonymous number, your real identity can be traced.

Indirectly identifying data

Types de supports

Contrary to popular belief, the law does not only apply to digital files, but to ALL media on which you store personal data. A simple post-it note with a customer's name and telephone number constitutes personal data.

A single piece of information cannot identify you, but the combination can: place of residence + date of birth + archery enthusiast. This reduces the number of people who could match this combination.

Informations combination

Directly identifying data

Any data that clearly identifies a person. Such as their surname, first name, personal email address, photo, etc.

Identification

There are three degrees of identification :

1. Directly identifying data: clearly identifies you – surname, first name, photo, video, sound recording, etc.
2. Indirectly identifying data: subscriber or telephone number – indirectly refers to your identity
3. Combination of information: information that, when put together, can identify you.