Appendix 2: What do these terms mean? (Definition of the terms used in this Privacy Notice)
“personal data” means any information relating to a natural person (“data subject”) (a name, an
identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more factors specific to the physical,
physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person);
“sensitive data” means personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or
philosophical beliefs or trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely
identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual
orientation;
“data concerning health” means personal data related to the physical or mental health of a natural
person, including the provision of health care services, which reveal information about the health status
of the natural person;
“data subject” means any identifiable natural person whom the specific personal data concern (such as a
visitor to our website, a person who subscribes to our newsletter, a job applicant);
“processing” means any operation or set of operations, which are performed on personal data or on sets
of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization,
structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission,
dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or
destruction;
“controller” means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or
jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data;
“data management” means the performance of any technical operation in connection with the data
processing;
“processor” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes
personal data on behalf of (and based on the instructions and by decision of) the controller;
“profiling” means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal
data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict
aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal
preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movements;
“third party” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data
subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor,
are authorized to process personal data;
“consent” of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of
the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies
agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.
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