Completion requirements
Who owns personal data?
3 key points you should remember:
1: You own work and have certain intellectual property rights when you put intellectual effort (thought) into its creation
2: Not all data about you is your data. But because it is about you, you have rights over it.
3: You must engage with data protection regulations to protect the rights of individuals.
The importance of understanding who owns personal data
You will need to engage with in-country and international data protection regulations.
This is guidance that:
- accounts for significant growth in online interaction
- identifies what individuals' rights are over data about them
- makes clear the lawful basis for using, storing and retaining personal data
- protects the privacy and rights of the people the data is about
