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CJEU Lindquist: name, phone number, work or hobby info are personal data
Persona Data: Holding that the name of a person in conjunction with his/her telephone number, and information about his/her working conditions or hobbies constitute personal data.
Original title: LINDQUIST, 6.11.2003 (“LINDQUIST”)
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(¶ 24)
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Persona Data: Holding that the name of a person in conjunction with his/her telephone number, and information about his/her working conditions or hobbies constitute personal data. (¶ 24)
¶24 excerpt
The term 'personal data' used in Article 3(1) of Directive 95/46 covers, according to the definition in Article 2(a) thereof, any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. The term undoubtedly covers the name of a person in conjunction with his telephone coordinates or information about his working conditions or hobbies.