Personal data: doctrinal interpretation of the category in the sciences of administrative and information law

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In the article, on the basis of a review of scientific and regulatory sources, an attempt is made to carry out a generalized analysis of doctrinal approaches to the definition of the content of the «personal data» category, to reveal tendencies and emphasis in solving the corresponding scientific task. It is noted that with the rapid development of methods, processes and methods of using computing equipment and communication systems for the creation, collection, transmission, search, processing and distribution of information, the integration of artificial intelligence in all spheres of social life, including technological processes of collection , processing and protection of personal data, the need to review the theoretical foundations of the legal institution of personal data, updating doctrinal approaches to understanding and interpreting the categorical series in this area is becoming more urgent. It is emphasized separately that the features of the legal regime of martial law definitely leave their mark on the personal data protection mechanisms.
 As a result of a generalized review of doctrinal approaches to defining the content of the «personal data» category, the author recognized the presence of a clear tendency in recognizing the need to detail the legal definition of personal data, as well as making changes to special legislation in this area. As a rule, researchers consider personal data as a special type of information, an object of administrative and/or informational legal relations, an object of protection, etc. In scientific research in the area of the raised issue, emphasis is placed on the importance of developing classification models of personal data with a number of various criteria in order to determine as deeply and systematically as possible all the components of the specified category. In some studies, the thesis about the correctness of the correlation of personal data with other related concepts and categories is emphasized, which has a significant impact not only on the results of scientific research, but also on law enforcement practice in this area.