"obdelava osebnih podatkov", v nadaljnjem besedilu "obdelava", pomeni kakršenkoli postopek ali niz postopkov, ki se izvajajo v zvezi z osebnimi podatki bodisi z avtomatskimi sredstvi ali brez njih, kot so zbiranje, beleženje, urejanje, shranjevanje, prilagajanje ali predelava, iskanje, posvetovanje, uporaba, posredovanje s prenosom, širjenje ali drugo razpolaganje, prilagajanje ali sestavljanje, blokiranje, izbris ali uničenje;
"processing of personal data" hereinafter referred to as "processing" shall mean any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organisation, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, blocking, erasure or destruction;