It should apply to the processing of personal data wholly or partly by automated means and to the processing other than by automated means of personal data which form part of a filing system or are intended to form part of a filing system.
Ba cheart feidhm a bheith aige maidir le sonraí pearsanta a phróiseáil go hiomlán nó go páirteach trí mhodhanna uathoibrithe, agus maidir le sonraí pearsanta, ar cuid de chóras comhdúcháin iad nó atá beartaithe a bheith ina gcuid de chóras comhdúcháin, a phróiseáil trí mhodhanna seachas modhanna uathoibrithe.