There are many definitions of personal data, please see below which may be of use to you.
This refers to any information relating to an identified living individual.
This is defined in the Data Protection Act as information about an identifiable factor.
This means any operation or set of operations which are undertaken on personal data, whether by automated means or not.
This is personal information about identified or identifiable individuals which is also confidential. ‘Personal’ includes the Data Protection Act definition of personal data, but is also includes the deceased as well as the living. ‘Confidential’ includes both information ‘given in confidence’ and ‘that which is owed a duty of confidence’ e.g. health records. It is adapted to include ‘special categories’ data as defined in the Data Protection Act.
This means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific individual without the use of additional information, provided that information is kept separately.
Anonymised Information – this is data that has been changed into a form which does not identify individuals or where there is little risk of identification.
This is anonymised data that is grouped together so that it does not identify any individuals
The Trust ensures that information is not kept for any longer than is necessary in line with the Data Protection Act 2018 – incorporating GDPR. The Trust abides by the NHS Retention Schedules which can be found here.