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personal data breach
Defined in 3 EU acts of the Digital group: ePrivacy Directive First GDPR Own wording EUDPR Same wording
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ePrivacy Directive, Article 2(i) First adopted 2002-07-12, amended 2009-12-19
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 in connection with the provision of a publicly available electronic communications service in the CommunityGDPR, Article 4(12) Own wording adopted 2016-04-27
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 in connection with the provision of a publicly available electronic communications service in the Community
Compared with ePrivacy Directive: struck words are only in ePrivacy Directive, marked words only here.
EUDPR, Article 3(16) Same wording adopted 2018-10-23
Same wording as GDPR.
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