any data or information related to an individual or legal entity or an association of person or individuals by which the individual or legal entity or association of persons could be identified

NOTE 1 to entry: The EU-Dir 95/48/EC names in its Art 2 lit. (a) the personal information as “personal data” and defines it as: “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”.