Is a "data controller or data processor" well defined in the law? What in any way could somebody ever twist the wording to include a person living their life?
What if this person had a hobby of simply collecting and cataloging information bout people they come in contact with?
>What if this person had a hobby of simply collecting and cataloging information bout people they come in contact with?
Then they are a data controller.
"A data controller is the individual or the legal person who controls and is responsible for the keeping and use of personal information on computer or in structured manual files.
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In essence, you are a data controller if you can answer YES to the following question:
Do you keep or process any information about living people?"
What if this person had a hobby of simply collecting and cataloging information bout people they come in contact with?