The Irish Court of Appeal has held that while the definition of “personal data” is very broad, to interpret a document as constituting personal data for the sole reason that it was generated as a result of a complaint made by the data subject, would be to “overstretch” the concept of personal data. In a related judgment, the Court found that the data subject was entitled only to a “copy“ of his personal data, and not the data in its “original“ form.
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