Data Protection Terms

Data Controller

Person or organisation who decides how and why any personal data are used

Wiltshire County Council is our Data Controller

Data Processor

Any person, other than employees of the data controller, who processes data on behalf of the data controller

Data Subject

An individual who is the subject of personal data

Personal data

Information which, alone or together with other information in the possession of or likely to come into the possession of the data controller, identifies a living individual  

Processing

In relation to information or data processing means obtaining, recording, holding, organising, adapting, altering, retrieving, consulting, disclosing, combining, blocking, erasing or destroying data.  Anything that can be done to information is processing.

Sensitive Data

Information relating to:

Racial or ethnic origin, sexual life, political opinions, membership of trade union, physical or mental health, commission or alleged commission of an offence, any proceedings for any offence committed or alleged to have been committed, disposal of such proceedings or court sentence of such proceedings.

Third Party

Any person other than the data subject, the data controller or the data processor