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“data personali” tfisser kwalunkwe informazzjoni relatata ma' persuna fiżika identifikata jew identifikabbli (“suġġett tad-data”); persuna fiżika identifikabbli hija persuna li tista' tiġi identifikata, direttament jew indirettament, b'mod partikolari b'referenza għal mezz ta' identifikazzjoni bħal isem, numru ta' identifikazzjoni, data ta' lokalizzazzjoni, identifikatur online jew għal fattur wieħed jew aktar speċifiċi għall-identità fiżika, fiżjoloġika, ġenetika, mentali, ekonomika, kulturali jew soċjali ta' dik il-persuna fiżika;

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“ipproċessar” tfisser kwalunkwe attività jew sett ta' attivitajiet li jitwettqu fuq data personali jew fuq settijiet ta' data personali, sew jekk b'mezzi awtomatizzati u sew jekk mingħajrhom, bħalma huma l-ġbir, ir-reġistrazzjoni, l-organizzazzjoni, l-istrutturar, il-ħażna, l-adattament jew il-bidliet, l-irkupru, il-konsultazzjoni, l-użu, l-iżvelar bi trażmissjoni, it-tixrid jew it-tqegħid għad-dispożizzjoni b'xi mezz ieħor, l-allinjament jew it-taħlita, ir-restrizzjoni, it-tħassir jew il-qerda;

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“restrizzjoni tal-ipproċessar” tfisser l-immarkar ta' data personali maħżuna bil-għan li jiġi limitat l-ipproċessar tagħha fil-ġejjieni;

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“tfassil tal-profil” tfisser kwalunkwe forma ta' pproċessar awtomatizzat ta' data personali li jikkonsisti fl-użu ta' data personali biex jiġu evalwati ċerti aspetti personali relatati ma' persuna fiżika, b'mod partikolari biex jiġu analizzati jew imbassra aspetti rigward il-prestazzjoni fuq ix-xogħol, is-sitwazzjoni ekonomika, is-saħħa, il-preferenzi personali, l-interessi, l-affidabbiltà, l-imġiba, il-lokalizzazzjoni jew il-movimenti ta' dik il-persuna fiżika;

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“psewdonimizzazzjoni” tfisser l-ipproċessar ta' data personali b'tali mod li d-data personali ma tkunx tista' tibqa' tiġi attribwita għal suġġett tad-data speċifiku mingħajr l-użu ta' informazzjoni addizzjonali, dment li tali informazzjoni addizzjonali tinżamm separatament u tkun soġġetta għal miżuri tekniċi u organizzattivi biex jiġi żgurat li d-data personali ma tiġix attribwita għal persuna fiżika identifikata jew identifikabbli;

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“sistema ta' arkivjar” tfisser kwalunkwe sett strutturat ta' data personali li tkun aċċessibbli skont kriterji speċifiċi, sew jekk ċentralizzat, deċentralizzat jew mifrux fuq bażi funzjonali jew ġeografika;

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“kontrollur” tfisser persuna fiżika jew ġuridika, awtorità pubblika, aġenzija jew kwalunkwe korp ieħor li, waħdu jew flimkien ma' oħrajn, jiddetermina l-għanijiet u l-mezzi tal-ipproċessar ta' data personali; fejn l-għanijiet u l-mezzi tal-ipproċessar ikunu ddeterminati mil-liġi tal-Unjoni jew ta' Stat Membru, il-kontrollur jew il-kriterji speċifiċi għall-ħatra tiegħu jistgħu jiġu determinati mil-liġi tal-Unjoni jew ta' Stat Membru;

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“proċessur” tfisser persuna fiżika jew ġuridika, awtorità pubblika, aġenzija jew korp ieħor li jipproċessa data personali f'isem il-kontrollur;

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“riċevitur” tfisser persuna fiżika jew ġuridika, awtorità pubblika, aġenzija jew korp ieħor, li lilha tiġi żvelata d-data personali, irrispettivament milli huwiex parti terza jew le. Madankollu, l-awtoritajiet pubbliċi li jistgħu jirċievu data personali fil-qafas ta' inkjesta partikolari f'konformità mal-liġi tal-Unjoni jew ta' Stat Membru m'għandhomx jitqiesu bħala riċevituri; l-ipproċessar ta' dik id-data minn dawk l-awtoritajiet pubbliċi għandu jkun f'konformità mar-regoli ta' protezzjoni tad-data applikabbli skont il-finijiet tal-ipproċessar;

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“parti terza” tfisser persuna fiżika jew ġuridika, awtorità pubblika, aġenzija jew korp għajr is-suġġett tad-data, il-kontrollur, il-proċessur u l-persuni li, taħt l-awtorità diretta tal-kontrollur jew tal-proċessur, ikunu awtorizzati li jipproċessaw id-data personali;

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“kunsens” tas-suġġett tad-data tfisser kwalunkwe indikazzjoni tax-xewqat tas-suġġett tad-data mogħtija b'mod liberu, speċifika, infurmata u mhux ambigwa li permezz tagħha s-suġġett tad-data, permezz ta' dikjarazzjoni jew permezz ta' azzjoni affermattiva ċara, juri li jaqbel mal-ipproċessar ta' data personali relatata miegħu;

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“ksur ta' data personali” tfisser ksur tas-sigurtà li jwassal għal qerda aċċidentali jew illegali, telf, bidliet, żvelar mhux awtorizzat ta', jew aċċess għal, data personali trażmessa, maħżuna jew ipproċessata b'xi mod ieħor;

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“data ġenetika” tfisser id-data personali relatata mal-karatteristiċi ġenetiċi ta' persuna fiżika li jkunu ntirtu jew inkisbu li tagħti informazzjoni unika dwar il-fiżjoloġija jew is-saħħa ta' dik il-persuna fiżika, u li tirriżulta, b'mod partikolari, minn analiżi ta' kampjun bijoloġiku mill-persuna fiżika inkwistjoni;

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“data bijometrika” tfisser data personali li tirriżulta mill-ipproċessar tekniku speċifiku relatat mal-karatteristiċi fiżiċi, fiżjoloġiċi jew tal-imġiba ta' persuna fiżika, li tippermetti jew tikkonferma l-identifikazzjoni unika ta' dik il-persuna fiżika, bħall-immaġnijiet tal-wiċċ jew id-data dattiloskopika;

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“data dwar is-saħħa” tfisser data personali relatata mas-saħħa fiżika jew mentali ta' persuna fiżika, inkluża l-provvista ta' servizzi tal-kura tas-saħħa, li tiżvela informazzjoni rigward l-istat ta' saħħitha;

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“stabbiliment ewlieni” tfisser:

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“rappreżentant” tfisser persuna fiżika jew ġuridika stabbilita fl-Unjoni li, maħtura bil-miktub mill-kontrollur jew mill-proċessur skont l-Artikolu 27, tirrappreżenta l-kontrollur jew il-proċessur fir-rigward tal-obbligi rispettivi skont dan ir-Regolament;

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“impriża” tfisser persuna fiżika jew ġuridika involuta f'attività ekonomika, irrispettivament mill-forma legali tagħha, inkluż sħubiji jew assoċjazzjonijiet regolarment involuti f'attività ekonomika;

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“grupp ta' impriżi” tfisser impriża li tikkontrolla u l-impriżi kkontrollati minnha;

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“regoli korporattivi vinkolanti” tfisser politiki ta' protezzjoni tad-data personali li jiġu sodisfatti minn kontrollur jew proċessur stabbilit fit-territorju ta' Stat Membru għal trasferimenti jew sett ta' trasferimenti ta' data personali lil kontrollur jew proċessur f'pajjiż terz wieħed jew aktar fi grupp ta' impriżi, jew grupp ta' intrapriżi involuti f'attività ekonomika konġunta;

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“awtorità superviżorja” tfisser awtorità pubblika indipendenti li tiġi stabbilita minn Stat Membru skont l-Artikolu 51;

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“awtorità superviżorja kkonċernata” tfisser awtorità superviżorja li tkun ikkonċernata bl-ipproċessar ta' data personali peress li:

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“ipproċessar transkonfinali” tfisser jew:

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“oġġezzjoni rilevanti u motivata” tfisser oġġezzjoni għal abbozz ta' deċiżjoni dwar jekk ikunx hemm ksur ta' dan ir-Regolament, jew jekk azzjoni maħsuba fir-rigward tal-kontrollur jew il-proċessur tkunx konformi ma' dan ir-Regolament, li turi b'mod ċar is-sinifikat tar-riskji maħluqa mill-abbozz ta' deċiżjoni rigward id-drittijiet u l-libertajiet fundamentali tas-suġġetti tad-data u fejn applikabbli, iċ-ċirkolazzjoni libera ta' data personali fi ħdan l-Unjoni;

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“servizz tas-soċjetà tal-informazzjoni” tfisser servizz kif definit fil-punt (b) tal-Artikolu 1(1) tad-Direttiva (UE) 2015/1535 tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsill (19);

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“organizzazzjoni internazzjonali” tfisser organizzazzjoni u l-korpi subordinati tagħha rregolati mid-dritt internazzjonali pubbliku jew kwalunkwe korp ieħor li jiġi stabbilit bi ftehim bejn żewġ pajjiżi jew aktar, jew abbażi tiegħu.

(1)

‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;

(2)

‘processing’ means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;

(3)

‘restriction of processing’ means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future;

(4)

‘profiling’ means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements;

(5)

‘pseudonymisation’ means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person;

(6)

‘filing system’ means any structured set of personal data which are accessible according to specific criteria, whether centralised, decentralised or dispersed on a functional or geographical basis;

(7)

‘controller’ means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law;

(8)

‘processor’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller;

(9)

‘recipient’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing;

(10)

‘third party’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data;

(11)

‘consent’ of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her;

(12)

‘personal data breach’ means 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;

(13)

‘genetic data’ means personal data relating to the inherited or acquired genetic characteristics of a natural person which give unique information about the physiology or the health of that natural person and which result, in particular, from an analysis of a biological sample from the natural person in question;

(14)

‘biometric data’ means personal data resulting from specific technical processing relating to the physical, physiological or behavioural characteristics of a natural person, which allow or confirm the unique identification of that natural person, such as facial images or dactyloscopic data;

(15)

‘data concerning health’ means personal data related to the physical or mental health of a natural person, including the provision of health care services, which reveal information about his or her health status;

(16)

‘main establishment’ means:

(17)

‘representative’ means a natural or legal person established in the Union who, designated by the controller or processor in writing pursuant to Article 27, represents the controller or processor with regard to their respective obligations under this Regulation;

(18)

‘enterprise’ means a natural or legal person engaged in an economic activity, irrespective of its legal form, including partnerships or associations regularly engaged in an economic activity;

(19)

‘group of undertakings’ means a controlling undertaking and its controlled undertakings;

(20)

‘binding corporate rules’ means personal data protection policies which are adhered to by a controller or processor established on the territory of a Member State for transfers or a set of transfers of personal data to a controller or processor in one or more third countries within a group of undertakings, or group of enterprises engaged in a joint economic activity;

(21)

‘supervisory authority’ means an independent public authority which is established by a Member State pursuant to Article 51;

(22)

‘supervisory authority concerned’ means a supervisory authority which is concerned by the processing of personal data because:

(23)

‘cross-border processing’ means either:

(24)

‘relevant and reasoned objection’ means an objection to a draft decision as to whether there is an infringement of this Regulation, or whether envisaged action in relation to the controller or processor complies with this Regulation, which clearly demonstrates the significance of the risks posed by the draft decision as regards the fundamental rights and freedoms of data subjects and, where applicable, the free flow of personal data within the Union;

(25)

‘information society service’ means a service as defined in point (b) of Article 1(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council (19);

(26)

‘international organisation’ means an organisation and its subordinate bodies governed by public international law, or any other body which is set up by, or on the basis of, an agreement between two or more countries.