Online Dating and the Death of the 'Mixed-Attractiveness' Couple

Re:Online Dating and the Death of the 'Mixed-Attractiveness'... by pgodzin on Monday April 11, 2016 @05:28AM (#11470446)

Would this actually be considered "personal data" in the EU? Obviously things like name, age, gender, etc are personal data, but a rating derived from only in-app judgements by other people and only relevant in-app?

That makes it sound like every column in every database where your name is they key is considered "personal data." That doesn't really fit with my common sense interpretation of it.

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Re:Online Dating and the Death of the 'Mixed-Attractiveness'... by tonfa on Monday April 11, 2016 @05:59AM (#11470521)

I'd say at least for the ELO score it would apply (I think what you quote is PII, data that could be used to identify someone, not personal data):

> (a) 'personal data' shall mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ('data subject'); an identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identification number or to one or more factors specific to his physical, physiological, mental, economic, cultural or social identity;

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX:319...

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Re:Online Dating and the Death of the 'Mixed-Attractiveness'... by pgodzin on Monday April 11, 2016 @06:48AM (#11470657)

So it literally means all data in which the person is the key of the data row?

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Re:Online Dating and the Death of the 'Mixed-Attractiveness'... by germanier on Monday April 11, 2016 @07:04AM (#11470721)

Yes, all data that is stored about a user.

I don't need to ask some service to tell me my age. But I'm grateful I can ask them what else they know about me.

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