Security of Personal Data. Part I – The Specificity of Determinants of Personal Identity in the 21st Century

Abstract

Changes that are taking place in the surrounding environment have never before been so extensive and so dynamic. In addition, the environment to which these changes relate has also never before been so multifaceted, ambiguous, multidimensional and such full of multimedia. Man put in the face of such changes may more or less consciously compromise his safety. The reason may be insufficient knowledge, lack of proper preparation and resources appropriate to provide the right conditions for safe work, communication and even for safe life from the perspective of an individual as well as a person in a family, group in even a nation. Implementation of regulations contained in the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) of April 27, 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free flow of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46 for everyday use (colloquially referred to as: GDPR) caused special attention focused on security in connection with the processing of personal data. This article is the first in the series. It is entitled “Security of personal data. Part I – Specificity of Determinants of Personal Identity in the 21st Century. „The author presents in it the characteristic properties of personal data broken down into areas functioning in superposition1 to each other: an organic person, the environment and the technical environment around the person. Another article the author will address at a broad spectrum of issues relating to personal identification information.