Andreas Wuchner of IT RISK Space writes about the difficulties in the adherence to Privacy Laws while doing business internationally. In it, he describes some general definitions which I have listed below verbatum:
Personal Data
Means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (name, birthday, etc.) or material information (income etc.) of a natural person
Special Categories of Personal Data (Sensitive Data)
EU: e.g. data concerning health or sex life, ...
US: e.g. Social Security Number or credit card data
Key-coded Data (Pseudonymized Data)
Identify a person indirectly by references to an identification number (e.g. Patient Identifier in clinical trials)
De-identified Data (Anonymized Data) is not covered by privacy laws
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