Apr 3, 2008 08:59
16 yrs ago
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English term
do you say personal details or personal data?
English
Law/Patents
Law (general)
Legislation about the use of personal details /data
Does anybody know what the British, American and Australian law say about the conditions for treatment and use of the personal data (or details) contained in the cv's?
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see below for the laws of the countries you mentioned
Here's what I googled.
UK: "personal data" - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/Acts/Acts1998/ukpga_19980029_en_2#pt1...
US*: "personal information" - http://www.ftc.gov/os/1999/10/64fr59888.pdf
Australia: "personal information" - http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/pasteact/0/157/top.htm
*"Data privacy is not highly legislated or regulated in the U.S.. In the United States, access to private data is culturally acceptable in many cases, such as credit reports for employment or housing purposes. Although partial regulations exist, for instance the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and HIPAA, there is no all-encompassing law regulating the use of personal data." Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_protection
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Note added at 35 mins (2008-04-03 09:34:09 GMT)
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P.S. There may well be other laws in each of these countries, and other terms are most certainly used in all three countries. I guess what this whole KudoZ discussion boils down to is this - "personal data", "personal information" and "personal details" will all be understood and are all in use.
UK: "personal data" - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/Acts/Acts1998/ukpga_19980029_en_2#pt1...
US*: "personal information" - http://www.ftc.gov/os/1999/10/64fr59888.pdf
Australia: "personal information" - http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/pasteact/0/157/top.htm
*"Data privacy is not highly legislated or regulated in the U.S.. In the United States, access to private data is culturally acceptable in many cases, such as credit reports for employment or housing purposes. Although partial regulations exist, for instance the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and HIPAA, there is no all-encompassing law regulating the use of personal data." Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_protection
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Note added at 35 mins (2008-04-03 09:34:09 GMT)
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P.S. There may well be other laws in each of these countries, and other terms are most certainly used in all three countries. I guess what this whole KudoZ discussion boils down to is this - "personal data", "personal information" and "personal details" will all be understood and are all in use.
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David Moore (X)
: For me, this is the only full answer
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Mihaela Ghiuzeli
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Vicky Nash
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orientalhorizon
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Phong Le
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+4
5 mins
Personal information
is what we say
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Expialidocio (X)
10 mins
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simon tanner
: see http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/RightsAndResponsibilities/DG_100... Personal details is alos mentioned in passing, but personal information seems to be the official term
15 mins
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cmwilliams (X)
17 mins
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Marijke Singer
25 mins
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+3
6 mins
Ellemiek Drucker
BSc (Hons) in psychology - Trados
Native in: Dutch (Variant: Netherlands)
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English, Dutch, and 3 more.
Personal details
Most commonly used in the UK.
HTH
Ellemiek
HTH
Ellemiek
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David Moore (X)
: I'm sorry, but I just don't get it; how can a Dutch native speaker answer a question like this, without even offering any justification?
8 mins
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I live in the UK and have been for the last 5 years.
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Jack Doughty
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Thanks, Jack!
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Marijke Singer
: Or personal information.
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d_vachliot (X)
: During the time I lived in the UK, most of the time they used to call it "personal details."
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