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data processing

150(in COBS 19.11) has the same meaning as ‘processing’ in section 3(4) of the Data Protection Act 2018, which in relation to information, means an operation or set of operations which is performed on information, or on sets of information, such as:

  1. (a) collection, recording, organisation, structuring or storage;
  2. (b) adaptation or alteration;
  3. (c) retrieval, consultation or use;
  4. (d) disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available;
  5. (e) alignment or combination; or
  6. (f) restriction, erasure or destruction.