5. True and false personal data – CPD courses
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5.7 It may be noted from the PDPA’s definition of personal data that whether data is “personal data” does not depend on whether the data is true or false. In some cases, an individual may have appropriate reasons for using data that is not, strictly speaking, true, for example, when an individual uses a fictitious name or nickname as part of his or her personal email address. CPD courses
5.8 As will be explained in greater detail later in the section on the Data Protection Provisions, organisations have an obligation in certain situations to make a reasonable effort to ensure that personal data collected is accurate and complete. If organisations collect personal data which is false, or if the data they collected has changed such that it is no longer true, such data will still be personal data and they are required to comply with this obligation. However, organisations may in certain circumstances be able to rely on personal data provided by an individual as they are not necessarily expected to verify the truth of information submitted directly by the individual. CPD courses
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5.9 An individual can be identified if that individual can be singled out from other individuals by an organisation based on one or more characteristics of the data or other pieces of information. Such characteristics or data would form part of the individual’s personal data. CPD courses
5.10 If an individual may be identified from a piece or set of personal data, such data may be referred to as “directly identifying data”. As the term “data” may refer to a set of data, directly identifying data include specific data points which can each identify an individual, as well as data points which can identify an individual when combined as a set of data.
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