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PART II: PROTECTION OF PERSONNAL DATA
Section 1: Definitions
Article II – 1:
For the purpose of this Convention:
1) Code of conduct means usage charters formulated by the processing official
with a view to introducing the correct use of computer resources, the Internet and
the electronic communication of the structure concerned, and approved by the
protection authority.
2) Consent of the person concerned means any manifestation of express,
unequivocal, free, specific and informed will by which the person concerned or
his/her legal, judicial or treaty representative accepts that his/her personal data
be subjected to manual or electronic processing.
3) Recipient of processed personal data means any person entitled to receive
communication of such data other than the person concerned, the data
processing official, the sub-contractor and persons who, for reasons of their
functions, have the responsibility to process the data.
4) Personal data means any information relating to a physical person directly or
indirectly identified or identifiable by reference to an identification number or to
one or several elements relating to his/her physical, physiological, genetic,
psychic, cultural, social or economic identity.
5) Sensitive data means all personal data relating to religious, philosophical,
political and labor union opinions and activities, as well as to sex life or race,
health, social measures, legal proceedings and penal or administrative sanctions.
6) Health data means all information relating to the physical or mental state of the
person concerned, including the aforementioned genetic data.
7) Personal data file means all structured package of data accessible in
accordance with set criteria, regardless of whether or not such data are
centralized, decentralized or distributed functionally or geographically.
8) Interconnection of personal data means any connection mechanism that
harmonizes processed data designed for a set goal with other data processed for
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