Data processing for personal purposes
The General Data Protection Regulation does not apply to data processing that is not solely for personal or household activity. So, private persons are exempt from the regulation’s rules, for instance when it comes to data processing for private photography or private address books.
Article 2(2) GDPR (Material scope)
This Regulation does not apply to the processing of personal data:
(a) in the course of an activity which falls outside the scope of Union law;
(b) by the Member States when carrying out activities which fall within the scope of Chapter 2 of Title V of the TEU;
(c) by a natural person in the course of a purely personal or household activity;
(d) by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including the safeguarding against and the prevention of threats to public security.
Source: Regulation (EU) 2016/679
