Data governance - Concept
Personal data
Information about a living person who can be identified
What's it for?
Identifies information about a real person so it can be handled with the protection required by privacy law.
For example…
A customer's name, phone number and purchase history are personal data.
A customer's name, email address and account number are personal data because they relate to an identifiable person
Think of it like…
Patient file at a GP: it is about someone, so access and sharing follow stricter rules than a stock inventory list