---
id: "data-subject"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "data subject"
language: "en"
category: "Registration data and privacy"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/data-subject/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/interesado/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/betroffene-person/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/personne-concernee/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/interessato/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/titular-dados/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/subekt-dannykh/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/shuju-zhuti/"
---

# data subject

The GDPR's term for the living person that personal data is about. In domain registrations this is usually the registrant or a named contact. Data subjects have rights, such as seeing, correcting or objecting to the use of their data, which shape what registries and registrars may publish.

## related terms

- [GDPR](https://tldlog.com/glossary/gdpr/)
- [registrant](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registrant/)
- [legitimate interest](https://tldlog.com/glossary/legitimate-interest/)
- [data controller and data processor](https://tldlog.com/glossary/data-controller-and-processor/)
- [redaction](https://tldlog.com/glossary/redaction/)