# Person **Entity class:** Legal ontology A **Person** is the rights-bearing legal subject represented by scientific, statistical, graph, and administrative records. The computational node, biological organism, and behavioral subject are representations of the same human; when government action is directed toward that human, applicable constitutional and statutory protections govern the action. ## Relationships [[wiki/Human as Organism and Person|Human as Organism and Person]] · [[wiki/Due Process|Due Process]] · [[wiki/Constitutional Boundary of Public Health Surveillance|Constitutional Boundary of Public Health Surveillance]] · [[wiki/Counterterrorism Collection - Public Health and Violence Prevention|Public Health and Violence Prevention]] ## Sources - [O'Connor v. Donaldson, 422 U.S. 563 (1975)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/422/563) **As of:** 2026-09-23