Data Horror Escape Room
Name Address Phone Number Email Address IP Address Blood Type Eye Colour Age Height
Count Dracula 666 Transylvania Lane +1-800-666-6666 dracula@vampiremail.com 192.168.1.1 AB- Red 400 180 cm
Frankenstein’s Monster 13 Bolt Street +1-800-555-1234 frankenstein@monster.com 192.168.1.2 O+ Green 200 210 cm
The Mummy 7 Pyramid Way +1-800-777-8888 mummy@ancientmail.com 192.168.1.3 A- Brown 3000 170 cm
Werewolf 1 Full Moon Crescent +1-800-999-0000 werewolf@howlmail.com 192.168.1.4 B+ Yellow 150 190 cm
Ghost 4 Haunted House Road +1-800-111-2222 ghost@spookymail.com 192.168.1.5 AB+ Blue 100 160 cm
Witch 9 Broomstick Boulevard +1-800-333-4444 witch@cauldronmail.com 192.168.1.6 A+ Violet 250 165 cm

Which of the data in the address book are personal data?

Anything else?

Well done! Any data collected from or about people are personal data.

From the notes you understand that this data was collected in five different studies:

  • study A collected participants’ age
  • study B collected participants’ place of birth
  • study C collected participants’ IP address
  • study D collected participants’ eye colour
  • study E collected participants’ blood type

In each study, participants were assured that the raw data would be destroyed by a specific date. Some dates are noted in the margins, but it's unclear which date corresponds to which study. Fortunately, there are some clues:

  • The second study did not collect IP addresses or blood types
  • The largest study was the one collecting eye color
  • The study collecting blood types was conducted before the study collecting IP addresses
  • The study collecting places of birth was not the last study
  • The study collecting ages was conducted after the one that collected IP addresses
  • The largest study was conducted first

That's not it.

Well done! A scrap of paper falls out of the address book, with the following word written on it: GOOD. Make a note of it!