The principles of data protection should therefore not apply to anonymous information, namely information which does not relate to an identified or identifiable natural person or to personal data rendered anonymous in such a manner that the data subject is not or no longer identifiable.
Níor cheart, dá bhrí sin, feidhm a bheith ag prionsabail na cosanta sonraí maidir le faisnéis anaithnid, eadhon faisnéis nach mbaineann le duine nádúrtha sainaitheanta nó in-sainaitheanta ná le sonraí pearsanta atá anaithnid ar bhealach nach bhfuil an t-ábhar sonraí in-sainaitheanta nó in-sainaitheanta a thuilleadh.