Privacy can be described as a shield that helps you protect your private space and your personal data. The right to privacy gives you more control over what you share with others. The concept of privacy could be divided into relational privacy and informational privacy.

Relational privacy is the right to be left alone and the right to live your life the way you see fit. The right to privacy follows from Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). This right is not only contained in the ECHR but, for instance, also follows from the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (Article 7). Originally intended to protect citizens against unlawful interference by the government with their privacy.

Informational privacy is concerned with security of your personal information. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is focused on informational privacy.

The General Data Protection Regulation exists in order to protect the privacy of all European citizens. The legislation specifically focuses on careful handling of personal data. Because of this regulation, the same basic privacy rules apply in every European country. Organisations need to keep track of which types of personal data they collect, and they should inform you about what they do with it.

That way you should have more control over what happens with your personal data. So, you don’t have to deal with unpleasant surprises.

All data you have, which can be linked to a specific person, is personal data. It is a broad term, which covers a lot of data we know. In the first place, it concerns directly identifying information, such as a name, telephone number, e-mail address or social security number. However, other information about a person such as medical information, information about orders, about surfing behaviour, memberships, etcetera is also personal data.

Something isn’t just personal data if you have a file with the names of a person. It’s also personal data when you can find out someone’s name other ways, for example by linking to another file, or via another organisation.

A visitor to a website, for example, can't just be identified. However, it’s possible to address that person directly, for example with targeted advertisement. In many cases organisations have more information about visitors and they can even distinguish between different visitors. Especially if the organisation’s intention is to sell something to you. Because, when you fill in the purchase form, you give the information which will in question will eventually identify you as a particular customer and website visitor.

Privacy Label contains a lot of technical or juridical language. In order to make sense of all these terms, we try to explain them in normal people language.
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