1.   Filwaqt li jikkunsidraw l-ogħla livell ta' żvilupp tekniku, l-ispejjeż tal-implimentazzjoni u in-natura, l-ambitu, il-kuntest, u l-għanijiet tal-ipproċessar kif ukoll ir-riskju ta' probabbiltà u gravità li jvarjaw għad-drittijiet u l-libertajiet tal-persuni fiżiċi, il-kontrollur u l-proċessur għandhom jimplimentaw miżuri tekniċi u organizzattivi xierqa, biex jiżguraw livell ta' sigurtà xieraq għar-riskju, inklużi inter alia kif xieraq:

2.   Fl-evalwazzjoni tal-livell xieraq ta' sigurtà ser jitqiesu b'mod partikolari r-riskji li jippreżenta l-ipproċessar, partikolarment minn qerda, telf, bidla, żvelar mhux awtorizzat ta', jew aċċess għal data personali trażmessa, maħżuna jew ipproċessata mod ieħor, li jkun aċċidentali jew illegali.

3.   L-osservanza ta' kodiċi ta' kondotta approvat kif imsemmi fl-Artikolu 40 jew mekkaniżmu ta' ċertifikazzjoni approvat kif imsemmi fl-Artikolu 42 jistgħu jintużaw bħala element li bih tintwera konformità mar-rekwiżiti stipulati fil-paragrafu 1 ta' dan l-Artikolu.

4.   Il-kontrollur u l-proċessur għandhom jieħdu passi biex jiżguraw li kwalunkwe persuna fiżika li taġixxi taħt l-awtorità tal-kontrollur jew tal-proċessur li jkollhom aċċess għal data personali ma jipproċessawhiex ħlief fuq istruzzjonijiet mingħand il-kontrollur, sakemm ma jkunux meħtieġa jagħmlu dan taħt il-liġi tal-Unjoni jew ta' Stat Membru.

1.   Taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons, the controller and the processor shall implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, including inter alia as appropriate:

2.   In assessing the appropriate level of security account shall be taken in particular of the risks that are presented by processing, in particular from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed.

3.   Adherence to an approved code of conduct as referred to in Article 40 or an approved certification mechanism as referred to in Article 42 may be used as an element by which to demonstrate compliance with the requirements set out in paragraph 1 of this Article.

4.   The controller and processor shall take steps to ensure that any natural person acting under the authority of the controller or the processor who has access to personal data does not process them except on instructions from the controller, unless he or she is required to do so by Union or Member State law.