What is Personal Information?

Personal information is any information about a particular individual, which includes information that relates to their own characteristics (e.g. age, date of birth, home address or phone number, ethnic background, family status), their health (e.g. health history, health conditions, health services received) or their activities and views (e.g. opinions expressed, or evaluations made by others). Of note is that there is a distinction between personal and business information; business information does not fall under the protection of privacy legislation.