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- Binding corporate rulesMeans personal data protection policies which are adhered to by a controller or processor established on the territory of a Member State for transfers or a set of transfers of personal data to a controller or processor in one or more third countries within a group of undertakings, or group of enterprises engaged in a joint ...
- Biometric dataMeans personal data resulting from specific technical processing relating to the physical, physiological or behavioural characteristics of a natural person, which allow or confirm the unique identification of that natural person, such as facial images or dactyloscopic data
- BreachesMeans acts or omissions that: (i) are unlawful and relate to the Union acts and areas falling within the material scope referred to in Article 2; or (ii) defeat the object or the purpose of the rules in the Union acts and areas falling within the material scope referred to in Article 2
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- Competent authorityMeans any national authority designated to receive reports in accordance with Chapter III and give feedback to the reporting person, and/or designated to carry out the duties provided for in this Directive, in particular as regards follow-up
- ConsentDefinition of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the datasubject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her
- Cross-border processingMeans either: (a) processing of personal data which takes place in the context of the activities of establishments in more than one Member State of a controller or processor in the Union where the controller or processor is established in more than one Member State; or (b) processing of personal data which takes place in the context ...
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- EnterpriseMeans a natural or legal person engaged in an economic activity, irrespective of its legal form, including partnerships or associations regularly engaged in an economic activity
- External reportingMeans the oral or written communication of information on breaches to the competent authorities
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- FacilitatorMeans a natural person who assists a reporting person in the reporting process in a work-related context, and whose assistance should be confidential
- FeedbackMeans the provision to the reporting person of information on the action envisaged or taken as followup and on the grounds for such follow-up
- Filing systemMeans any structured set of personal data which are accessible according to specific criteria, whether centralised, decentralised or dispersed on a functional or geographical basis
- Follow-upMeans any action taken by the recipient of a report or any competent authority, to assess the accuracy of the allegations made in the report and, where relevant, to address the breach reported, including through actions such as an internal enquiry, an investigation, prosecution, an action for recovery of funds, or the closure of the ...
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- Genetic dataMeans personal data relating to the inherited or acquired genetic characteristics of a natural person which give unique information about the physiology or the health of that natural person and which result, in particular, from an analysis of a biological sample from the natural person in question
- Group of undertakingsMeans a controlling undertaking and its controlled undertakings
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- Information on breachesMeans information, including reasonable suspicions, about actual or potential breaches, which occurred or are very likely to occur in the organisation in which the reporting person works or has worked or in another organisation with which the reporting person is or was in contact through his or her work, and about attempts to conceal such ...
- Information society serviceMeans a service as defined in point (b) of Article 1(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1)
- Internal reportingDefinitionMeans the oral or written communication of information on breaches within a legal entity in the private or public sectorSourcePoint (4) of Article 5 of Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 23 October 2019Linkhttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019L1937
- International organisationMeans an organisation and its subordinate bodies governed by public international law, or any other body which is set up by, or on the basis of, an agreement between two or more countries
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- Main establishmentMeans: (a) as regards a controller with establishments in more than one Member State, the place of its central administration in the Union, unless the decisions on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data are taken in another establishment of the controller in the Union and the latter establishment has the power to ...
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- Person concernedMeans a natural or legal person who is referred to in the report or public disclosure as a person to whom the breach is attributed or with whom that person is associated
- Personal DataMeans any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, ...
- Personal data breachMeans a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed
- ProcessingMeans any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction
- ProcessorMeans a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller
- ProfilingMeans any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements
- Public disclosureMeans the making of information on breaches available in the public
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- RecipientMeans a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the 4.5.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 119/33 framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or ...
- Relevant and reasoned objectionMeans an objection to a draft decision as to whether there is an infringement of this Regulation, or whether envisaged action in relation to the controller or processor complies with this Regulation, which clearly demonstrates the significance of the risks posed by the draft decision as regards the fundamental rights and freedoms of data subjects ...
- ReportMeans, the oral or written communication of information on breaches
- Reporting personMeans a natural person who reports or publicly discloses information on breaches acquired in the context of his or her work-related activities
- RepresentativeMeans a natural or legal person established in the Union who, designated by the controller or processor in writing pursuant to Article 27, represents the controller or processor with regard to their respective obligations under this Regulation
- Restriction of processingMeans the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future
- RetaliationMeans any direct or indirect act or omission which occurs in a work-related context, is prompted by internal or external reporting or by public disclosure, and which causes or may cause unjustified detriment to the reporting person
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- Supervisory authorityMeans an independent public authority which is established by a Member State pursuant to
- Supervisory authority concernedMeans a supervisory authority which is concerned by the processing of personal data because: (a) the controller or processor is established on the territory of the Member State of that supervisory authority; (b) data subjects residing in the Member State of that supervisory authority are substantially affected or likely to be substantially affected by the processing; or (c) a ...
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- Third partyMeans a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data
- To reportMeans, the oral or written communication of information on breaches
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- Work-related contextMeans current or past work activities in the public or private sector through which, irrespective of the nature of those activities, persons acquire information on breaches and within which those persons could suffer retaliation if they reported such information
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- Binding corporate rulesMeans personal data protection policies which are adhered to by a controller or processor established on the territory of a Member State for transfers or a set of transfers of personal data to a controller or processor in one or more third countries within a group of undertakings, or group of enterprises engaged in a joint ...
- Biometric dataMeans personal data resulting from specific technical processing relating to the physical, physiological or behavioural characteristics of a natural person, which allow or confirm the unique identification of that natural person, such as facial images or dactyloscopic data
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- ConsentDefinition of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the datasubject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her
- Cross-border processingMeans either: (a) processing of personal data which takes place in the context of the activities of establishments in more than one Member State of a controller or processor in the Union where the controller or processor is established in more than one Member State; or (b) processing of personal data which takes place in the context ...
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- EnterpriseMeans a natural or legal person engaged in an economic activity, irrespective of its legal form, including partnerships or associations regularly engaged in an economic activity
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- Filing systemMeans any structured set of personal data which are accessible according to specific criteria, whether centralised, decentralised or dispersed on a functional or geographical basis
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- Genetic dataMeans personal data relating to the inherited or acquired genetic characteristics of a natural person which give unique information about the physiology or the health of that natural person and which result, in particular, from an analysis of a biological sample from the natural person in question
- Group of undertakingsMeans a controlling undertaking and its controlled undertakings
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- Information society serviceMeans a service as defined in point (b) of Article 1(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1)
- International organisationMeans an organisation and its subordinate bodies governed by public international law, or any other body which is set up by, or on the basis of, an agreement between two or more countries
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- Main establishmentMeans: (a) as regards a controller with establishments in more than one Member State, the place of its central administration in the Union, unless the decisions on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data are taken in another establishment of the controller in the Union and the latter establishment has the power to ...
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- Personal DataMeans any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, ...
- Personal data breachMeans a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed
- ProcessingMeans any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction
- ProcessorMeans a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller
- ProfilingMeans any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements
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- RecipientMeans a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the 4.5.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 119/33 framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or ...
- Relevant and reasoned objectionMeans an objection to a draft decision as to whether there is an infringement of this Regulation, or whether envisaged action in relation to the controller or processor complies with this Regulation, which clearly demonstrates the significance of the risks posed by the draft decision as regards the fundamental rights and freedoms of data subjects ...
- RepresentativeMeans a natural or legal person established in the Union who, designated by the controller or processor in writing pursuant to Article 27, represents the controller or processor with regard to their respective obligations under this Regulation
- Restriction of processingMeans the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future
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- Supervisory authorityMeans an independent public authority which is established by a Member State pursuant to
- Supervisory authority concernedMeans a supervisory authority which is concerned by the processing of personal data because: (a) the controller or processor is established on the territory of the Member State of that supervisory authority; (b) data subjects residing in the Member State of that supervisory authority are substantially affected or likely to be substantially affected by the processing; or (c) a ...
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- Third partyMeans a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data
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- Cloud computing serviceMeans a digital service that enables access to a scalable and elastic pool of shareable computing resources
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- Digital serviceMeans a service within the meaning of point (b) of Article 1(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) which is of a type listed in Annex III
- DNS service providerMeans an entity which provides DNS services on the internet
- Domain name system (DNS)Means a hierarchical distributed naming system in a network which refers queries for domain names
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- IncidentMeans any event having an actual adverse effect on the security of network and information systems
- Incident handlingMeans all procedures supporting the detection, analysis and containment of an incident and the response thereto
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- National strategy on the security of network and information systemsMeans a framework providing strategic objectives and priorities on the security of network and information systems at national level
- Network and information systemMeans: (a) an electronic communications network within the meaning of point (a) of Article 2 of Directive 2002/21/EC; (b) any device or group of interconnected or related devices, one or more of which, pursuant to a program, perform automatic processing of digital data; or (c) digital data stored, processed, retrieved or transmitted by elements covered ...
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- Online marketplaceMeans a digital service that allows consumers and/or traders as respectively defined in point (a) and in point (b) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) to conclude online sales or service contracts with traders either on the online marketplace’s website or on a trader’s website that ...
- Online search engineMeans a digital service that allows users to perform searches of, in principle, all websites or websites in a particular language on the basis of a query on any subject in the form of a keyword, phrase or other input, and returns links in which information related to the requested content can be found
- Operator of essential servicesMeans a public or private entity of a type referred to in Annex II, which meets the criteria laid down in Article 5(2)
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- RepresentativeMeans any natural or legal person established in the Union explicitly designated to act on behalf of a digital service provider not established in the Union, which may be addressed by a national competent authority or a CSIRT instead of the digital service provider with regard to the obligations of that digital service provider under ...
- RiskMeans any natural or legal person established in the Union explicitly designated to act on behalf of a digital service provider not established in the Union, which may be addressed by a national competent authority or a CSIRT instead of the digital service provider with regard to the obligations of that digital service provider under ...
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- Security of network and information systemsMeans: Means the ability of network and information systems to resist, at a given level of confidence, any action that compromises the availability, authenticity, integrity or confidentiality of stored or transmitted or processed data or the related services offered by, or accessible via, those network and information systems
- SpecificationMeans a technical specification within the meaning of point (4) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012
- StandardMeans a standard within the meaning of point (1) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012
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- Top-level domain name registryMeans an entity which administers and operates the registration of internet domain names under a specific top-level domain (TLD)
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- BreachesMeans acts or omissions that: (i) are unlawful and relate to the Union acts and areas falling within the material scope referred to in Article 2; or (ii) defeat the object or the purpose of the rules in the Union acts and areas falling within the material scope referred to in Article 2
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- Competent authorityMeans any national authority designated to receive reports in accordance with Chapter III and give feedback to the reporting person, and/or designated to carry out the duties provided for in this Directive, in particular as regards follow-up
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- External reportingMeans the oral or written communication of information on breaches to the competent authorities
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- FacilitatorMeans a natural person who assists a reporting person in the reporting process in a work-related context, and whose assistance should be confidential
- FeedbackMeans the provision to the reporting person of information on the action envisaged or taken as followup and on the grounds for such follow-up
- Follow-upMeans any action taken by the recipient of a report or any competent authority, to assess the accuracy of the allegations made in the report and, where relevant, to address the breach reported, including through actions such as an internal enquiry, an investigation, prosecution, an action for recovery of funds, or the closure of the ...
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- Information on breachesMeans information, including reasonable suspicions, about actual or potential breaches, which occurred or are very likely to occur in the organisation in which the reporting person works or has worked or in another organisation with which the reporting person is or was in contact through his or her work, and about attempts to conceal such ...
- Internal reportingDefinitionMeans the oral or written communication of information on breaches within a legal entity in the private or public sectorSourcePoint (4) of Article 5 of Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 23 October 2019Linkhttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019L1937
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- Person concernedMeans a natural or legal person who is referred to in the report or public disclosure as a person to whom the breach is attributed or with whom that person is associated
- Public disclosureMeans the making of information on breaches available in the public
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- ReportMeans, the oral or written communication of information on breaches
- Reporting personMeans a natural person who reports or publicly discloses information on breaches acquired in the context of his or her work-related activities
- RetaliationMeans any direct or indirect act or omission which occurs in a work-related context, is prompted by internal or external reporting or by public disclosure, and which causes or may cause unjustified detriment to the reporting person
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- To reportMeans, the oral or written communication of information on breaches
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- Work-related contextMeans current or past work activities in the public or private sector through which, irrespective of the nature of those activities, persons acquire information on breaches and within which those persons could suffer retaliation if they reported such information
