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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Definitions of - Data Subject-Data Controller + Data Processor

Definitions of:

Data subject (Data Protection Act)
This is the living individual who is the subject of the personal information (data).

Mi-Sol Park is NOT a living person.

Data controller (Data Protection Act)
A person who determines the purposes for which, and the manner in which, personal information is to be processed. This may be an individual or an organisation and the processing may be carried out jointly or in common with other persons.

Data processor (Data Protection Act)
A person, who processes personal information on a data controller's behalf. Anyone responsible for the disposal of confidential waste is also included under this definition.

Office of the Data Potection Commissioner, Canal House, Station Road, Portarlington, Co. Laois, Ireland.  email info@dataprotectio.ie

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