Definitions[]
Data protection[]
Recipient,
| “ | in relation to personal data, means any person to whom the data are disclosed, including any person (such as an employee or agent of the data controller, a data processor or an employee or agent of a data processor) to whom they are disclosed in the course of processing the data for the data controller, but does not include any person to whom disclosure is or may be made as a result of, or with a view to, a particular inquiry by or on behalf of that person made in the exercise of any power conferred by law.[1] | ” |
A recipient is a "natural or legal person, public authority, agency or any other body to whom data are disclosed."[2]
E-mail[]
A recipient is:
- a person or entity that receives an e-mail or other message over the Internet or other computer or telecommunications network.
- an authorized user of the electronic mail address to which the message was sent or delivered.
Internet[]
A recipient is "[a] protocol entity that receives communications from an initiator.[3]
References[]
- ↑ U.K. Data Protection Acts, 1988 and 2003.
- ↑ ISO/TS 25237:2008.
- ↑ Privacy Considerations for Internet Protocols, at 7.