Your district council releases an interactive map of orange trees in the district which shows that the locality in which your house is located has the highest concentration of orange trees. Does the council map contain your personal information?
A.
Yes – your ownership of the property is a matter of public record.
B.
No – Orange trees are not a person and so it can't have personal information.
C.
It depends – on the context of other information associated with the map.
Personal Information under DSCI and global frameworks is information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. Whether the council’s map contains personal data depends on:
If the map, when combined with other information (like land records or property ownership data), could lead to identifying you as a resident or owner.
Hence, the answer is context-specific. If the map alone doesn't identify you, it's not personal information. But if combined with additional data, it may lead to your identification, thus qualifying it as personal information.
This aligns with DPF’s emphasis on “reasonably identifiable” individuals in assessing the scope of personal data.
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