The protection of natural persons should apply to the processing of personal data by automated means, as well as to manual processing, if the personal data are contained or are intended to be contained in a filing system.
Ba cheart daoine nádúrtha a chosaint i ndáil le sonraí pearsanta a phróiseáil trí mhodhanna uathoibrithe agus de láimh, sa chás ina bhfuil na sonraí pearsanta á gcoinneáil i gcóras comhdúcháin nó má tá sé i gceist na sonraí a choinneáil i gcóras den sórt sin.