THE CONCEPT OF PERSONAL DATA

1.      Theoretically, personal data forms the individuation of each individual (Webster, 2006).
2.      It refers to the situation when each and every person is known about and identified by a singular record such as name, date of birth and residence.
3.      Conceptually, personal data refers to the individual’s personal information.
4.      This include the personal information of an individual’s personal background such as race, religious belief and marital status; financial record such as banking, insurance and credit cards; health and medical records such as the prescription drug and Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA); individual’s habits, lifestyles and psychological profiles, such as, spending, reading, listening and watching habits; criminal records such as the previous convictions; education records; employment records; communications records such as itemised telephone billing call,  details of mobile phone short message or e-mail; transactional records from credit cards and Internet.
5.     Consequentially the personal data is recorded electronically and manually by the government and private sources, including publicly available government records.

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