What is Personal Data?
Personal data means any information that can be used on its own
or in combination with other information to directly or indirectly
identify a specific person (the "Data
Subject"). Examples of Personal data include (but are
not limited to) a person's name, their employment ID number,
their image or online identifiers from which they can be identified
(such as an IP address).
In order to process personal data one must have a lawful basis
to do so. Processing includes storing, collecting, retrieving,
using, combining, erasing and destroying personal data. There are a
number of lawful bases available. The consent of the data subject
is a very common lawful basis on which to rely, although that will
rarely be a practical approach in the context of organising a
merger or acquisition
