Personaleoplysninger

Personaleoplysninger, often translated as personal data, refers to any information that can be used to identify a natural person. This identification can be direct, such as a name or an identification number, or indirect, when combined with other data. Examples of personaleoplysninger include names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and social security numbers. In a digital context, IP addresses, cookies, and location data can also constitute personaleoplysninger.

The processing and handling of personaleoplysninger are subject to various legal frameworks, most notably the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union. These regulations aim to protect individuals' privacy rights by establishing principles for data collection, storage, processing, and sharing. Key principles include lawfulness, fairness, transparency, purpose limitation, data minimization, accuracy, storage limitation, integrity, and confidentiality. Organizations that process personaleoplysninger are required to obtain consent from individuals, or have another lawful basis, for doing so. They must also implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the security of the data. Individuals typically have rights concerning their personaleoplysninger, such as the right to access, rectify, erase, or restrict the processing of their data.