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Glossary term

Personal data

What does "Personal data" mean under the EU AI Act, the Cyber Resilience Act and eIDAS 2?

Personal data as defined in Article 4, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679:

'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;

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Last updated: 22 August 2026.