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„osebni podatki“ pomeni katero koli informacijo v zvezi z določenim ali določljivim posameznikom (v nadaljnjem besedilu: posameznik, na katerega se nanašajo osebni podatki); določljiv posameznik je tisti, ki ga je mogoče neposredno ali posredno določiti, zlasti z navedbo identifikatorja, kot je ime, identifikacijska številka, podatki o lokaciji, spletni identifikator, ali z navedbo enega ali več dejavnikov, ki so značilni za fizično, fiziološko, genetsko, duševno, gospodarsko, kulturno ali družbeno identiteto tega posameznika;

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„obdelava“ pomeni vsako dejanje ali niz dejanj, ki se izvaja v zvezi z osebnimi podatki ali nizi osebnih podatkov z avtomatiziranimi sredstvi ali brez njih, kot je zbiranje, beleženje, urejanje, strukturiranje, shranjevanje, prilagajanje ali spreminjanje, priklic, vpogled, uporaba, razkritje s posredovanjem, razširjanje ali drugačno omogočanje dostopa, prilagajanje ali kombiniranje, omejevanje, izbris ali uničenje;

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„omejitev obdelave“ pomeni označevanje shranjenih osebnih podatkov zaradi omejevanja njihove obdelave v prihodnosti;

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„oblikovanje profilov“ pomeni vsako obliko avtomatizirane obdelave osebnih podatkov, ki vključuje uporabo osebnih podatkov za ocenjevanje nekaterih osebnih vidikov v zvezi s posameznikom, zlasti za analizo ali predvidevanje uspešnosti pri delu, ekonomskega položaja, zdravja, osebnega okusa, interesov, zanesljivosti, vedenja, lokacije ali gibanja tega posameznika;

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„psevdonimizacija“ pomeni obdelavo osebnih podatkov na tak način, da osebnih podatkov brez dodatnih informacij ni več mogoče pripisati specifičnemu posamezniku, na katerega se nanašajo osebni podatki, če se take dodatne informacije hranijo ločeno ter zanje veljajo tehnični in organizacijski ukrepi za zagotavljanje, da se osebni podatki ne pripišejo določenemu ali določljivemu posamezniku;

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„zbirka“ pomeni vsak strukturiran niz osebnih podatkov, ki so dostopni v skladu s posebnimi merili, niz pa je lahko centraliziran, decentraliziran ali razpršen na funkcionalni ali geografski podlagi;

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„upravljavec“ pomeni fizično ali pravno osebo, javni organ, agencijo ali drugo telo, ki samo ali skupaj z drugimi določa namene in sredstva obdelave; kadar namene in sredstva obdelave določa pravo Unije ali pravo države članice, se lahko upravljavec ali posebna merila za njegovo imenovanje določijo s pravom Unije ali pravom države članice;

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„obdelovalec“ pomeni fizično ali pravno osebo, javni organ, agencijo ali drugo telo, ki obdeluje osebne podatke v imenu upravljavca;

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„uporabnik“ pomeni fizično ali pravno osebo, javni organ, agencijo ali drugo telo, ki so mu bili osebni podatki razkriti, ne glede na to, ali je tretja oseba ali ne. Vendar pa se javni organi, ki lahko prejmejo osebne podatke v okviru posamezne poizvedbe v skladu s pravom Unije ali pravom države članice, ne štejejo za uporabnike; obdelava teh podatkov s strani teh javnih organov poteka v skladu z veljavnimi pravili o varstvu podatkov glede na namene obdelave;

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„tretja oseba“ pomeni fizično ali pravno osebo, javni organ, agencijo ali telo, ki ni posameznik, na katerega se nanašajo osebni podatki, upravljavec, obdelovalec in osebe, ki so pooblaščene za obdelavo osebnih podatkov pod neposrednim vodstvom upravljavca ali obdelovalca;

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„privolitev posameznika, na katerega se nanašajo osebni podatki“ pomeni vsako prostovoljno, izrecno, informirano in nedvoumno izjavo volje posameznika, na katerega se nanašajo osebni podatki, s katero z izjavo ali jasnim pritrdilnim dejanjem izrazi soglasje z obdelavo osebnih podatkov, ki se nanašajo nanj;

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„kršitev varstva osebnih podatkov“ pomeni kršitev varnosti, ki povzroči nenamerno ali nezakonito uničenje, izgubo, spremembo, nepooblaščeno razkritje ali dostop do osebnih podatkov, ki so poslani, shranjeni ali kako drugače obdelani;

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„genetski podatki“ pomeni osebne podatke v zvezi s podedovanimi ali pridobljenimi genetskimi značilnostmi posameznika, ki dajejo edinstvene informacije o fiziologiji ali zdravju tega posameznika in so zlasti rezultat analize biološkega vzorca zadevnega posameznika;

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„biometrični podatki“ pomeni osebne podatke, ki so rezultat posebne tehnične obdelave v zvezi s fizičnimi, fiziološkimi ali vedenjskimi značilnostmi posameznika, ki omogočajo ali potrjujejo edinstveno identifikacijo tega posameznika, kot so podobe obraza ali daktiloskopski podatki;

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„podatki o zdravstvenem stanju“ pomeni osebne podatke, ki se nanašajo na telesno ali duševno zdravje posameznika, vključno z zagotavljanjem zdravstvenih storitev, in razkrivajo informacije o njegovem zdravstvenem stanju;

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„glavni sedež“ pomeni:

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„predstavnik“ pomeni fizično ali pravno osebo s sedežem v Uniji, ki jo pisno imenuje upravljavec ali obdelovalec v skladu s členom 27 in ki predstavlja upravljavca ali obdelovalca v zvezi z njegovimi obveznostmi iz te uredbe;

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„podjetje“ pomeni fizično ali pravno osebo, ki opravlja gospodarsko dejavnost, ne glede na njeno pravno obliko, vključno s partnerstvi ali združenji, ki redno opravljajo gospodarsko dejavnost;

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„povezana družba“ pomeni obvladujočo družbo in njene odvisne družbe;

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„zavezujoča poslovna pravila“ pomeni politike na področju varstva osebnih podatkov, ki jih upravljavec ali obdelovalec s sedežem na ozemlju države članice spoštuje pri prenosih ali nizih prenosov osebnih podatkov upravljavcu ali obdelovalcu povezane družbe ali skupine podjetij, ki opravljajo skupno gospodarsko dejavnost, v eni ali več tretjih državah;

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„nadzorni organ“ pomeni neodvisen javni organ, ki ga v skladu s členom 51 ustanovi država članica;

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„zadevni nadzorni organ“ pomeni nadzorni organ, ki ga obdelava osebnih podatkov zadeva, ker:

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„čezmejna obdelava osebnih podatkov“ pomeni bodisi:

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„ustrezen in utemeljen ugovor“ pomeni ugovor osnutku odločitve glede tega, ali je bila uredba kršena, oziroma glede tega, ali je predvideno ukrepanje v zvezi z upravljavcem ali obdelovalcem v skladu s to uredbo, kar jasno navede pomen tveganja, ki ga predstavlja osnutek odločitve, kar zadeva temeljne pravice in svoboščine posameznikov, na katere se nanašajo osebni podatki, in – kjer je to ustrezno – prosti pretok osebnih podatkov v Uniji;

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„storitev informacijske družbe“ pomeni storitev, kakor je opredeljena v točki (b) člena 1(1) Direktive (EU) 2015/1535 Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta (19);

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„mednarodna organizacija“ pomeni organizacijo in njena podrejena telesa, ki jih ureja mednarodno javno pravo ali kateri koli drugo telo, ustanovljeno s sporazumom med dvema ali več državami ali na podlagi takega sporazuma.

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‘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;

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‘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;

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

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‘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;

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‘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;

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‘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;

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‘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;

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

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‘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;

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‘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;

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‘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;

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‘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;

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‘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;

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‘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;

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‘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;

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‘main establishment’ means:

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‘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;

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‘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;

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

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‘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;

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

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

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‘cross-border processing’ means either:

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‘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;

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‘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);

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‘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.