Fact · Voice privacy and security
The GDPR defines personal data as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person”
Art. 4 GDPR: Definitions, gdpr-info.eu (Intersoft Consulting), 2016, Article 4(1).
Open the original- What it measures
- A recording of someone's voice relates to them, so it is personal data when they can be identified from it, which is usually the case for dictation tied to an account.
- What it does not show
- This is the general rule. The stricter rules apply only when personal data is also biometric data or falls in another special category.