Personal Data Protection Order, 2025 · As enacted · Part · Preliminary
25. Interpretation of this Part
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires-
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"affected individual" means any individual to whom any personal data affected by a data breach relates;
"data breach", in relation to personal data, means -
personal data
"personal data" means data, whether true or not, about an individual who can be identified - (a} from that data; or (bJ from that data and other information to which the organisation has or is likely to have access;
(a} the unauthorised access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification or disposal of personal data; or
(b} the loss of any storage medium or device on which personal data is stored in circumstances where the unauthorised access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification or disposal of the personal data is likely to occur.
loss
"loss" means - {a} a loss in property or a supply of services, whether temporary or permanent; or (b) a loss of an opportunity to earn remuneration or greater remuneration or to gain a financial advantage otherwise than by way of remuneration, but does not include, in relation to an individual, the loss of personal data about the individual.
Terms defined in this Act
loss
Defined · s 30"loss" means - {a} a loss in property or a supply of services, whether temporary or permanent; or (b) a loss of an opportunity to earn remuneration or greater remuneration or to gain a financial advantage otherwise than by way of remuneration, but does not include, in relation to an individual, the loss of personal data about the individual.
personal data
Defined · s 2"personal data" means data, whether true or not, about an individual who can be identified - (a} from that data; or (bJ from that data and other information to which the organisation has or is likely to have access;
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