Article 3 — Definitions
Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, data protection for EU institutions
What does EUDPR Article 3 say?
Short answer, straight from the official text
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’);
Source: Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, data protection for EU institutions, read 2026-08-14.
| In the act | EU 2018/1725 |
| CELEX | 32018R1725 |
| Read on | 2026-08-14 |
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For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:
(1) ‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;
(2) ‘operational personal data’ means all personal data processed by Union bodies, offices or agencies when carrying out activities which fall within the scope of Chapter 4 or Chapter 5 of Title V of Part Three TFEU to meet the objectives and tasks laid down in the legal acts establishing those bodies, offices or agencies;
(3) ‘processing’ means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;
(4) ‘restriction of processing’ means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future;
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The same rule in other acts
These articles carry the same official heading. The wording is not identical; read each text at its own source.
- GDPR Article 4 — Definitions
- AI Act Article 3 — Definitions
- NIS2 Article 6 — Definitions
- DSA Article 3 — Definitions
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