The Freedom of the Mass Media and Access to Information Proclamation No. 590/2008, which applies to public bodies, identifies the following categories of information about an identifiable individual as personal data:

• medical, education, academic, employment, financial transaction, professional or criminal history;
• ethnic, national or social origin, age, pregnancy, marital status, colour, sexual orientation, physical or mental health, wellbeing, disability, religion, belief, conscience, culture, language, or birth;
• an identification number, symbol, or other identifier assigned to the individual, address, fingerprints, or blood type;
• personal opinions, views, or preferences, except as they relate to another individual;
• views or opinions on grant proposals, awards, or prizes granted to another individual, provided such views or opinions are not associated with the other individual’s name;
• views or opinions of others about the individual; or
• an individual’s name, in combination with other personal data, or alone, if it could reasonably be linked to personal data. (An exception applies for persons deceased for more than 20 years.)