A breach of security that leads to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed. What…

The correct answer is B. Personal data breach. Confidentiality violation. Incorrect. GDPR uses the term personal data breach. Not every data breach is a confidentiality violation. Personal data breach. Correct. This is the definition of a personal data breach. (Literature: A, Chapter 5; GDPR Article 4(12)) Security breach…

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A breach of security that leads to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed. What is the exact term that is associated with this definition in the GDPR?

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ASecurity breach
BPersonal data breach
CConfidentiality violation
DSecurity incident

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A
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88% (45)
C
4% (2)
D
2% (1)

Explanation

Confidentiality violation. Incorrect. GDPR uses the term personal data breach. Not every data breach is a confidentiality violation. Personal data breach. Correct. This is the definition of a personal data breach. (Literature: A, Chapter 5; GDPR Article 4(12)) Security breach. Incorrect. GDPR uses the term personal data breach. Not every security breach is a data breach. Not every data breach is a personal data breach. Security incident. Incorrect. GDPR uses the term personal data breach. Not every security incident is

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