What counts as your personal data?

Your name, your car number plate, a photo of you, your office phone number, your birth place, your nationality, your e-mail address are as many examples of personal data as they relate to you and only you and therefore make you identifiable.

Is your personal data processed by the EEAS? In its everyday business, the EEAS processes numerous personal data, mostly of its staff but also, in some cases, of members of the general public — through procurements, calls for tenders or conference invitations for instance.

How does the EEAS process your personal data?

The EEAS does so in accordance with Regulation 45/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies. In short, this means that your data are:

• Processed fairly and lawfully
• Collected for limited and explicit purpose(s)
• Accurate and kept up-to-date
• Kept for no longer than necessary
• Secure
• Not transferred to third parties without adequate precautions
• Processed in accordance to your rights as a data subject.