Below is a list of key terms with their respective definitions under the Protection of Privacy Law, 5741-1981.
“consent” – means an informed consent, expressed explicitly or implicitly.
“processing”, and “use” – mean any action performed on personal data, including its receipt, collection, storage, copy, review, disclosure, exposure, transfer, delivery, or granting access to it.
“database” – means a collection of personal data processed by digital means, except for (1) a collection for personal use that is not for business purposes. (2) a collection that includes only a name, address, and contact details, regarding 100,000 individuals or less, which does not itself indicate additional personal data about the individuals whose names are included in it, provided that the owner of the collection or the body corporate under the owner’s control does not have another collection that includes other data details about the same individuals.
“database controller” – means the one who determines, alone or with another, the purposes of processing the data that is in the database, or an entity or an officer in that entity authorized by law to process data in the database.
“holder” – for the purpose of a database it means – an external entity to the database controller that is processing data on his behalf.
“registry“ – the registry of databases as defined in section 12 of the Protection of Privacy Law, 5741-1981.
“personal data” and “data of special sensitivity” – see ”What Constitutes Personal Data and Data of Special Sensitivity?”
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