Personal Data Protection Order, 2025 · As enacted · Part · Preliminary
30. Interpretation of this Part
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires -
"disclose", in relation to personal data, includes providing access to personal data;
personal data
"personal data" means data, whether true or not, about an individual who can be identified - (a} from that data; or (bJ from that data and other information to which the organisation has or is likely to have access;
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"gain" means -
{a} a gain in property or a supply of services, whether temporary or permanent; or
{b) an opportunity to earn remuneration or greater remuneration or to gain a financial advantage otherwise than by way of remuneration;
"harm", in relation to an individual, means -
{a} any physical harm; or
{b) harassment, alarm or distress caused to the individual;
"loss" means -
{a} a loss in property or a supply of services, whether temporary or permanent; or
a loss of an opportunity to earn remuneration or greater remuneration or to gain a financial advantage otherwise than by way of remuneration, but does not include, in relation to an individual, the loss of personal data about the individual.
Terms defined in s 2
personal data
Defined · s 2"personal data" means data, whether true or not, about an individual who can be identified - (a} from that data; or (bJ from that data and other information to which the organisation has or is likely to have access;
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