“processing”, in relation to personal data, means the carrying out of any operation or set of operations in relation to the personal data, and includes any of the following:
- (a) recording;
- (b) holding;
- (c) organisation, adaptation or alteration;
- (d) retrieval;
- (e) combination;
- (f) transmission;
- (g) erasure or destruction;
“public agency” includes—
- (a) the Government, including any ministry, department, agency, or organ of State;
- (b) any tribunal appointed under any written law; or
- (c) any statutory body specified under subsection (2);
“publicly available”, in relation to personal data about an individual, means personal data that is generally available to the public, and includes personal data which can be observed by reasonably expected means at a location or an event—
- (a) at which the individual appears; and
- (b) that is open to the public;
“relevant body” means the Commission, the Administration Body, the Appeal Panel or any Appeal Committee;
“tribunal” includes a judicial or quasi-judicial body or a disciplinary, an arbitral or a mediatory body.
(2) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify any statutory body established under a public Act for a public function to be a public agency for the purposes of this Act.
