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The word the law uses, the word people use, and the word somebody types into a search box. Only the first is read off a published text, and the table says which of the three each one is.

Only the legal term in each cell is read off a published text. The everyday term and the search term are what people say and what they type, which no official version of anything records, so they are this desk's words in all five languages alike. Tell us where one of them is wrong and it gets fixed.

Three rows are the working vocabulary of this trade rather than the Regulation's. They carry no article, and the words offered for them in all five languages are this desk's own, in English no less than in the other four.

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 isEnglishDanishNorwegianSwedishGerman

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

Everydayoplysninger om en person

Searched ashvad er personoplysninger

personopplysninger

Everydayopplysninger om en person

Searched ashva er personopplysninger

personuppgifter

Everydayuppgifter om en person

Searched asvad är personuppgifter

personenbezogene Daten

EverydayAngaben über eine Person

Searched aswas sind 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

Everydayden der har bedt om det

Searched ashvem er den registrerede

den registrerte

Everydayden som har bedt om det

Searched ashvem er den registrerte

den registrerade

Everydayden som har begärt det

Searched asvem är den registrerade

betroffene Person

Everydaydie Person, die gefragt hat

Searched aswer ist die 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

Everydayden virksomhed der svarer

Searched asdataansvarlig eller databehandler

behandlingsansvarlig

Everydayvirksomheten som svarer

Searched asbehandlingsansvarlig eller databehandler

personuppgiftsansvarig

Everydayorganisationen som svarar

Searched aspersonuppgiftsansvarig eller biträde

Verantwortlicher

Everydaydie Stelle, die antwortet

Searched asVerantwortlicher oder Auftragsverarbeiter

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

Everydayleverandøren der udfører arbejdet

Searched ashvad er en databehandler

databehandler

Everydayleverandøren som gjør jobben

Searched ashva er en databehandler

personuppgiftsbiträde

Everydayleverantören som utför arbetet

Searched asvad är ett personuppgiftsbiträde

Auftragsverarbeiter

Everydayder Dienstleister, der es ausführt

Searched aswas ist ein 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

Everydayhvem andre har set det

Searched asmodtagere af personoplysninger

mottaker

Everydayhvem andre har sett det

Searched asmottakere av personopplysninger

mottagare

Everydayvem mer har sett det

Searched asmottagare av personuppgifter

Empfänger

Everydaywer es sonst gesehen hat

Searched asEmpfänger personenbezogener Daten

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

Everydayen anden person i sagen

Searched astredjemands oplysninger ved indsigt

tredjepart

Everydayen annen person i saken

Searched astredjeparts opplysninger ved innsyn

tredje part

Everydaynågon annan i akten

Searched astredje parts uppgifter i ett registerutdrag

Dritter

Everydayjemand anderes in der Akte

Searched asDaten Dritter bei einer Auskunft

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

Everydayalt hvad der gøres med oplysningerne

Searched ashvad betyder behandling

behandling

Everydayalt som gjøres med opplysningene

Searched ashva betyr behandling

behandling

Everydayallt som görs med uppgifterna

Searched asvad betyder behandling

Verarbeitung

Everydayalles, was mit den Daten geschieht

Searched aswas bedeutet 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

Everydayat sætte oplysningerne i bero

Searched ashvad er begrænsning af behandling

begrensning av behandling

Everydayå sette opplysningene på vent

Searched ashva er begrensning av behandling

begränsning av behandling

Everydayatt pausa behandlingen

Searched asvad är begränsning av behandling

Einschränkung der Verarbeitung

Everydaydie Daten auf Eis legen

Searched aswas heißt 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

Everydayen anmodning om indsigt

Searched ashvordan beder jeg om indsigt

den registrertes rett til innsyn

Everydayet krav om innsyn

Searched ashvordan ber jeg om innsyn

den registrerades rätt till tillgång

Everydayen begäran om registerutdrag

Searched ashur begär jag ett registerutdrag

Auskunftsrecht der betroffenen Person

Everydayein Auskunftsantrag

Searched aswie stelle ich einen Auskunftsantrag

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

Everydaydet materiale der sendes ud

Searched asret til kopi af mine oplysninger

kopi

Everydaymaterialet som sendes ut

Searched asrett til kopi av opplysningene mine

kopia

Everydayhandlingarna som skickas ut

Searched asrätt till kopia av mina uppgifter

Kopie

Everydaydie Unterlagen, die herausgehen

Searched asRecht auf Kopie meiner Daten

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

EverydayDatatilsynet

Searched ashvor klager jeg over en indsigtssag

tilsynsmyndighet

EverydayDatatilsynet

Searched ashvor klager jeg på en innsynssak

tillsynsmyndighet

Everydaydataskyddsmyndigheten

Searched asvart klagar jag på ett registerutdrag

Aufsichtsbehörde

Everydaydie Datenschutzbehörde

Searched aswo kann ich mich über eine Auskunft beschweren

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

maskering

Everydayat strege noget ud

Searched ashvordan maskerer man et dokument

sladding

Everydayå streke over noe

Searched ashvordan sladde et dokument

maskning

Everydayatt stryka över något

Searched ashur maskar man ett dokument

Schwärzung

Everydayetwas unkenntlich machen

Searched aswie schwärzt man ein Dokument

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

pladsholder

Everydaymærket der bliver stående

Searched aspladsholder ved maskering

plassholder

Everydaymerket som blir stående

Searched asplassholder ved sladding

platshållare

Everydaymärket som står kvar

Searched asplatshållare vid maskning

Platzhalter

Everydaydie Markierung, die stehen bleibt

Searched asPlatzhalter bei der Schwärzung

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

efterkontrol

Everydayfire øjne-princippet

Searched askontroller en maskeret pdf

etterkontroll

Everydayfire øyne-prinsippet

Searched askontroller en sladdet pdf

efterkontroll

Everydayfyra ögon-principen

Searched askontrollera en maskad pdf

Nachkontrolle

EverydayVier-Augen-Prinzip

Searched asgeschwärztes PDF prüfen

Where each legal term was read from

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, which publishes the Regulation in full alongside the national rules.

Two of these words, the copy and the third party, decide what a disclosure contains. What do I redact in a DSAR, and what stays? is where they are applied to a request rather than defined.