1.   Ob upoštevanju najnovejšega tehnološkega razvoja in stroškov izvajanja ter narave, obsega, okoliščin in namenov obdelave, pa tudi tveganj za pravice in svoboščine posameznikov, ki se razlikujejo po verjetnosti in resnosti, upravljavec in obdelovalec z izvajanjem ustreznih tehničnih in organizacijskimi ukrepov zagotovita ustrezno raven varnosti glede na tveganje, vključno med drugim z naslednjimi ukrepi, kot je ustrezno:

2.   Pri določanju ustrezne ravni varnosti se upoštevajo zlasti tveganja, ki jih pomeni obdelava, zlasti zaradi nenamernega ali nezakonitega uničenja, izgube, spremembe, nepooblaščenega razkritja ali dostopa do osebnih podatkov, ki so poslani, shranjeni ali kako drugače obdelani.

3.   Zavezanost k odobrenemu kodeksu ravnanja iz člena 40 ali izvajanje odobrenega mehanizma potrjevanja iz člena 42 se lahko uporabi za dokazovanje izpolnjevanja zahtev iz odstavka 1 tega člena.

4.   Upravljavec in obdelovalec zagotovita, da katera koli fizična oseba, ki ukrepa pod vodstvom upravljavca ali obdelovalca, ki ima dostop do osebnih podatkov, slednjih ne sme obdelati brez navodil upravljavca, razen če to od nje zahteva pravo Unije ali pravo države članice.

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.