# Definitions 4(1) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Definitions** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-4).

## Provision text

### 4(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;


## Topics on this provision

- **Identification** — https://overview.legal/topics/identificatie
  Methods and processes for identifying individuals
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons
- **IP Address** — https://overview.legal/topics/ip-adres
  Internet protocol addresses as personal data

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **WELTIMMO S.R.O. V. NEMZETI A DATVEDELMI ES INFORMACIOSZABADSAGH ATOSAG (HUNGARIAN DPA), 1.10.15 (“WELTIMMO”)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/6147
- **HvJ EU 9 januari 2025, C‑394/23 (Mousse).** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/50377
- **Meta Platforms and Others v Bundeskartellamt** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51482
- **UNABHäNGIGES LANDESZENTRUM FüR DATENSCHUTZ SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN v. WIRTSCHAFTSAKADEMIE SCHLESWIG-HOLDSTEIN GmbH** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/6136
- **Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz v Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51477
- **OLG Köln - 15 W 55/26** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/53657
- **Rb. Den Haag - C/09/689833** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/53095
- **VB v Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51485
- **Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde v CRIF** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51486
- **Google LLC, venant aux droits de Google Inc. v Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/6125
- **GOOGLE SPAIN SL V. AEPD (THE DPA) & MARIO COSTEJA GONZALEZ, 13.May.2014 (“GOOGLE v. Spain”)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/6157
- **UI v Österreichische Post AG** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51483

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