The term that refers to an individual whose personal information is processed is "Data Subject." A data subject is an identifiable natural person whose personal data is collected, held, or processed. This can include any individual who can be identified directly or indirectly by reference to identifiers like a name, identification number, location data, online identifier, or other factors specific to their physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity.
This term is widely used in data protection laws such as the EU's GDPR and the Data Privacy Act of the Philippines, which define a data subject explicitly as a person whose personal information is processed or controlled by others.
Thus, "data subject" is the precise term used in legal and privacy contexts to denote an individual whose personal data is subject to processing.
