AI engineering glossary · AI ethics law product
What is personal data?
Personal data: Information about an identifiable living person. Privacy laws such as the GDPR and India's DPDP Act regulate how it may be collected, used and shared. The precise wording of the definition differs by law, but the core idea is identifiability of an individual.
Personal data: an example
A user's email address, purchase history and device identifier are all personal data if they can be linked back to that user.
Related terms
More AI ethics law product terms
- Personally identifiable information
- Post-hoc explanation
- Predictive parity
- Privacy budget
- Privacy by design
- Prohibited AI practices
- Protected attribute
- Proxy variable
Where you learn it
Personal data is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.