Data Protection · glossary
A failure of security that leads to personal data being lost, destroyed, changed or seen by someone with no right to see it. It needs no hacker. A fault that showed care workers’ details to another customer’s managers was one. Agreement, clause 1.1, “Personal Data Breach” · Chapter 9
Explained in Chapter 9, Personal Data Breaches and the 72-Hour Deadline, of Data Protection.
The main page for this term is Personal data breach, in White Label SaaS.
The Data Processing Agreement takes its meaning of a personal data breach from the UK GDPR. It is a failure of security that leads to personal data being lost, destroyed or changed. It also covers data seen by someone with no right to see it. The cause can be an accident or a crime.Read Chapter 9, Personal Data Breaches and the 72-Hour Deadline →
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has the meaning given to “personal data breach” in Article 4(12) of the UK GDPR;Read the definition in the document →
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