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I'm not entirely sure about that. It's personal data in the sense that you're likely not allowed to process them (as a business or corporation -- whether for c

by pluma 11y ago

I'm not entirely sure about that. It's personal data in the sense that you're likely not allowed to process them (as a business or corporation -- whether for commercial use or not). But most of these laws are written for companies and for individuals granted access to personal information by those companies. As a person you're certainly not allowed to distribute the information (or at least not any personally identifiable parts of it) but mere "looking at them" doesn't seem like it would be a breach in and of itself. The article you linked would indicate this: looking at the data isn't a breach of the data protection act, it merely means whatever you do with the data falls under the provisions of that act, limiting what you can do with it.

JupiterMoon 11y ago
That is what I took from the link as well. It is OK to get hold of the data. However, it is a crime e.g.: to use it to personally identify someone, or to distribute it (even accidentally! (you have obligations under the data protection act to prevent this)) (this would probably also cover using torrents to download it). So in the UK be careful and anonomise it before working with it -- as is required with e.g. similar (legally obtained) datasets in the social sciences. Then totally delete the raw dataset from your system -- otherwise if you e.g. lose your laptop you become liable for any further re-distribution. Not planning on looking at it anyway.