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Are exam answers personal data?
This is the question that is at the crux of a pending case before the European Court of Justice. The case was a referral to the ECJ from the Supreme Court of Ireland, which asked for guidance to resolve the question. The case stemmed from a request of a student to view his exam answers after failing the exam. The school refused. The student filed a case but his claim was not supported by the Data Protection Commission of Ireland, saying that the answers were not personal data