Gdpr breach at work?

I wouldn’t make a complaint unless you know for sure where she got the information from. Just because you have no mutual friends on Facebook, it doesn’t make it impossible to find someone so I wouldn’t rule that out just yet!

Weirdness about birthdays would have been unusual in every office I've worked in, who even goes round asking people that anyway?

Might she have heard you on the phone confirming dob with someone? We had a central calendar at work as we got a birthday day of leave so everyone in the team knew what appropriate date someone bday was and would send a card from the team with a small gift. It didn’t confirm age though! That would breach of gdpr.

The Op asked about whether is a breach of GDPR she didn't ask for opions on her choice. RTFT!!

She didn't ask for an opinion about who should know about her birthday did she?

Then don't go online asking for the opinion of others 🤣🤣🤣

Ditto to all of the above. Very weird all round.

Surely answering 'it's in x month but I prefer not to make a big thing out of it' would suffice?

Which is "not sharing your birthday".
The thing that OP is doing, and which the colleague is so unsatisfied with that they've gone and found it out themselves.

That said, if this other woman has done something dodgy to find out your birthday then I do believe it should be reported as that would be a breach of gdpr and that is clearly wrong.

its not your birthday or your life though? Its the Op's right to choose and not to be judged for it, especially by strangers online.

Line manager should not have done this, definitely an HR breach. I am also not sure why people are being critical of someone wanting to keep their birthdate quiet at work. Surely its their choice?

I do genuinely find it strange that you don't share your birthday. Is it really so weird to have a colleague wish you happy birthday in the same way they would say merry Christmas?

I personally think it's general chit chat, like 'what did you get up to over the week?'
'Oh it was my birthday so we went out for a meal, and it was lovely, whens your birthday, do you have any plans?'
'It's in August so we're thinking of using the bank holiday as little getaway birthday treat! Any way, best get back to it, see you later.'

No way would I consider this kind of conversation weird or think that anyone was asking something really personal.

I think what I find puzzling is that DOB is such a non-piece of information really. You have to give it out for practically everything these days so is hardly class it under the official secrets act. Surely answering 'it's in x month but I prefer not to make a big thing out of it' would suffice?

Mind you, I'm a big kid about my birthday and still get excited about it!

@StumbleInTheDebris lots of people have questioned why the OP is so cagey, why are you singling me out?

Fact is, we don't know how the other person found the information out? Maybe it was a GDPR breach, maybe it wasn't? If it bothers OP that much she can report it. If it was a breach then yes that is wrong of the other person to do but I still would wonder why they are so uptight about it.

Honestly! Has no one any right to any privacy anymore?

Why do people want to 'celebrate' someone's birthday when they don't want it?

I've always chosen to keep my birthday private.This year I've had a landmark birthday and was particularly pleased to have kept it secret as 2 close family members had terminal illnesses and I really wouldn't have wanted celebrations while I was spending most evenings in a hospice.
Workplaces are diverse and not everyone shares our views or knows what's going on behind the scenes so I think you should just ignore her.Would your details be on social media?

I know a couple of people who don't broadcast their age and their birthdays

They have good reason and it's no-one else's business, frankly

Yes it is really strange in my experience, I have worked for 15+ years and never come across anyone so private about trivial details such as age/birthday.

How is this relevant to whether or not her records have been accessed? She's mentioned that to explain why it wouldn't be common knowledge.

My son finds it incredibly awkward when people at work make a big deal / pointless small talk about of his birthday so doesn't offer up the information. That's simply it. I don't think it's that unusual.

It does sound like you're very odd about your birthday OP. Why be so secretive? I totally get it's your business but I don't understand what you think will happen if your colleagues know your birthdate? What are you trying to hide? Are you secretly Dorian Gray and don't want people to know you're over 200 years old?

It's just a bit odd! I haven't heard of anyone who feels this way before, unless they are worried about aging. It's not really personal information per se.

You both sound very odd in different ways.

As is referring to someone who is presumably an adult as 'a young girl'.

How would she even be able to access your records with only your name? If she doesn’t actually work for the NHS then any access she does have would be limited to what she needs to have for her work. I think it would be wild to report her to the charity work for a hunch. I’d just straight up tell her you’re concerned about how she’s gotten the information, and can she please let you know or you’ll have to raise it more formally.

Would she have done something really weird like try to access your birth records?