FAQ 15 - Public Record and Publicly Available Information

Q: Is it necessary to apply the notice, choice and onward transfer principles to public record information or publicly available information?

A: It is not necessary to apply the notice, choice or onward transfer principles to public record information, as long as it is not combined with non-public record information.

Also, it is generally not necessary to apply the notice, choice or onward transfer principles to publicly available information unless the European transferor indicates that such information is subject to restrictions that require application of those principles by the organization for the uses it intends. Organizations will have no liability for how such information is used by those obtaining such information from published materials.