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You probably share your personal information every day without giving it much thought. You give your name and phone number when signing up for a service. You provide your identification number when completing a form. You share your address when making a delivery. You provide medical information when visiting a healthcare provider. You enter your details into websites and apps. But once you give an organisation your information, what happens to it? Who can access it? Why is it being collected? Where is it stored? How long will it be kept? Who else might receive it? These are some of the questions that data protection is designed to address. Whenever a healthcare provider collects, stores, uses or shares information about you, that is called “processing” your data. Data protection makes sure this is done properly.