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The word the law uses, the word people use, and the word somebody types into a search box. A cell that has not been read off a published text says so rather than guessing.
The everyday term and the search term are written in English only so far. They are not read off a published text, they are what people actually say, so somebody who speaks the language supplies them rather than this page.
Three rows are the working vocabulary of this trade rather than the Regulation's. They carry no article, and no term in another language is offered for them.
A glossary tells you what a word means in the text. It does not tell you how a court or an authority has applied it, which is what the Handbook record is for.
The terms
| What it is | English | Danish | Norwegian | Swedish | German |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Any information relating to an identified or identifiable person. Defined at Article 4(1) | personal data Everydaysomebody's information Searched aswhat counts as personal data | personoplysninger | personopplysninger | personuppgifter | personenbezogene Daten |
The person the information is about, and the person who asks for it. Defined at Article 4(1) | data subject Everydaythe person who asked Searched aswho is the data subject | den registrerede | den registrerte | den registrerade | betroffene Person |
Whoever decides why personal data is processed and how. Defined at Article 4(7) | controller Everydaythe organisation answering the request Searched ascontroller or processor | dataansvarlig | behandlingsansvarlig | personuppgiftsansvarig | Verantwortlicher |
Whoever processes the data on the controller's behalf. Defined at Article 4(8) | processor Everydaythe supplier doing the work Searched aswhat is a data processor | databehandler | databehandler | personuppgiftsbiträde | Auftragsverarbeiter |
Anybody the data has been or will be disclosed to, third party or not. Defined at Article 4(9) | recipient Everydaywho else has seen it Searched asrecipients of personal data | modtager | mottaker | mottagare | Empfänger |
Anybody other than the person, the controller, the processor and the people working under their authority. Defined at Article 4(10) | third party Everydaysomebody else in the file Searched asthird party data in an access request | tredjemand | tredjepart | tredje part | Dritter |
Any operation performed on personal data, storage and erasure included. Defined at Article 4(2) | processing Everydayanything done with the data Searched aswhat does processing mean | behandling | behandling | behandling | Verarbeitung |
Marking stored data so that what is done with it in future is limited. Defined at Article 4(3) | restriction of processing Everydayputting the data on hold Searched asrestriction of processing meaning | begrænsning af behandling | begrensning av behandling | begränsning av behandling | Einschränkung der Verarbeitung |
The right this whole desk is about, and the heading of the article that grants it. Defined at Article 15 | right of access by the data subject Everydayan access request Searched ashow to make a subject access request | den registreredes indsigtsret | To be confirmed | den registrerades rätt till tillgång | Auskunftsrecht der betroffenen Person |
What is handed over: a faithful and intelligible reproduction of the data. Defined at Article 15(3) | copy Everydaythe bundle that goes out Searched asright to a copy of my data | kopi | To be confirmed | kopia | Kopie |
The national regulator a person takes a complaint to. Defined at Article 4(21) | supervisory authority Everydaythe data protection regulator Searched aswhere to complain about a data request | tilsynsmyndighed | tilsynsmyndighet | tillsynsmyndighet | Aufsichtsbehörde |
Taking information out of a document before the document is released. Not a term of the Regulation | redaction Everydayblacking something out Searched ashow to redact a document | To be confirmed | To be confirmed | To be confirmed | To be confirmed |
The typed marker left where something was taken out, so a reader can see that something was. Not a term of the Regulation | placeholder Everydaythe label left behind Searched asredaction placeholder | To be confirmed | To be confirmed | To be confirmed | To be confirmed |
A separate check that reads the released file and looks for what should have gone from it. Not a term of the Regulation | verifier Everydaythe second pair of eyes Searched ascheck a redacted pdf | To be confirmed | To be confirmed | To be confirmed | To be confirmed |
Where each column was read from
- English: Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Article 4
14 of 14 terms sourced, 0 to be confirmed.
- Danish: Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Danish language version
11 of 14 terms sourced, 3 to be confirmed.
- Norwegian: Lov om behandling av personopplysninger, which gives the Regulation effect in Norwegian
9 of 14 terms sourced, 5 to be confirmed.
- Swedish: Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Swedish language version
11 of 14 terms sourced, 3 to be confirmed.
- German: Regulation (EU) 2016/679, German language version
11 of 14 terms sourced, 3 to be confirmed.
Norway is not a Member State, so there is no Norwegian text on EUR-Lex. The Regulation applies there through the EEA Agreement, and the Norwegian column is read from the Act that gives it effect, filled for the Article 4 definitions and left to be confirmed elsewhere.