The GDPR does not define privacy as a term but uses the concept implicitly throughout the text. What is a correct definition of privacy as implicitly used throughout the GDPR?

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Options

• AThe right to respect for one's private and family life, home and personal correspondence
• BThe right not to be disturbed by uninvited people, nor being followed, spied on or monitored
• CThe fundamental right to protection of personal data, regardless of how it was obtained
• DThe right to freedom of opinion and expression and to seeking, receiving and imparting

• A
  88% (37)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  5% (2)
• D
  5% (2)

Explanation

The fundamental right to protection of personal data, regardless of how it was obtained. Incorrect. This is a definition of data protection. The right not to be disturbed by uninvited people, nor being followed, spied on or monitored. Incorrect. This is a definition of physical privacy. However, the GDPR does not concern itself with physical privacy. The right to respect for one's private and family life, home and personal correspondence. Correct. This is the definition as implicitly used throughout the GDPR. (Literature: A, Chapter 1) The right to freedom of opinion and expression and to seeking, receiving and imparting information. Incorrect. This is a short version of Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 19: freedom of opinion and expression.

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