Identifiable person

Under the EU Directive on the Protection of Personal Data, 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." EU Directive on the Protection of Personal Data, Article 2(a). See Opinion No 4/2007 on the concept of personal data issued by the Article 29 Working Party (WP 136).