Personal Data
Information connected to an identifiable person, including obvious profile details and less visible records such as activity, location or device signals.
The useful mental model.
Start with the part that changes what you actually do or expect when you meet this concept in everyday digital life.
Why it matters
This concept is one piece of the everyday system behind apps, accounts, devices and services. Understanding the layer makes nearby features easier to reason about.
Follow the connection
Use the related entities below to move from the visible interface to the identity, data, business or infrastructure layer behind it.
What connects to this?
Digital life is a system. Follow the neighboring identity, data, design, security or business layer instead of stopping at one definition.
Digital Footprint
The traces connected to a person’s activity across accounts, posts, devices, searches, transactions and other online interactions.
Understand it →privacy controlApp Permissions
Operating-system controls that decide whether an app can use capabilities or data such as location, photos, contacts, camera or microphone.
Understand it →privacy conceptLocation Sharing
Allowing an app, service or person to receive location information ranging from an approximate area to precise real-time coordinates.
Understand it →account capabilityData Export
A tool for downloading or transferring a copy of data associated with an account or service.
Understand it →Check the underlying references.
G7 prioritizes primary technical documentation, public-interest institutions and strong research. Product-specific behavior can change, so current service documentation remains important.