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GDPR — Article 34

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Article 34 Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject 1. When the personal data breach is likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, the controller shall communicate the personal data breach to the data subject without undue delay. 2. The communication to the data subject referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall describe in clear and plain language the nature of the personal data breach and contain at least the information and measures referred to in points (b), (c) and (d) of Article 33(3). data breach and contain at least the information and measures referred to in points (b), (c) and (d) of Article 33(3). 3. The communication to the data subject referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be required if any of the following conditions are met: (a) the controller has implemented appropriate technical and organisational protection measures, and those measures were applied to the personal data affected by the personal data breach, in particular those that render the personal data unintelligible to any person who is not authorised to access it, such as encryption; (b) the controller has taken subsequent measures which ensure th
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at the high risk to the rights and freedoms of data subjects referred to in paragraph 1 is no longer likely to materialise; (c) it would involve disproportionate effort. In such a case, there shall instead be a public communication or similar measure whereby the data subjects are informed in an equally effective manner. be a public communication or similar measure whereby the data subjects are informed in an equally effective manner. 4. If the controller has not already communicated the personal data breach to the data subject, the supervisory authority, having considered the likelihood of the personal data breach resulting in a high risk, may require it to do so or may decide that any of the conditions referred to in paragraph 3 are met. Section 3 Data protection impact assessment and prior consultation

Who wrote about this article in the consultations

Filers who named this exact article number in their own text. It is their sentence, not our reading — and not a causal claim.

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Intrum ABSEny, deeming it inherently “high risk”. In contrast, yet other DPAs adopt a teleological interpretation based upon the purposes of Article 34. In this case, there is a reflection concerning why there is an obligation to inform data subjects when there is a high ↗
Gesellschaft für Datenschutz und Datensicherheit (GDD) e.V.DEs Rechts. Es bedarf aber einer gesetzlichen Klar- stellung, dass eine Meldung nach Art. 33 DS-GVO oder eine Benachrichtigung nach Art. 34 Abs. 1 DS-GVO in einem Verfahren gegen den Meldepflichtigen oder Benachrichtigenden nur mit Zustimmung des Meldepflichtigen ↗
ZKI e.V.DE14 DSGVO beschränkt werden, sondern auch in anderen Bereichen (bspw. Art. 34, 44 ff. DSGVO) Anwendung finden können.  Mit einer Mustereinwilligung ähnlich der Muster-Widerrufsbelehrung im Sinne von Anhang I zur Richtlinie 2011/83/EU (Verbraucherrechte-Richtli ↗
Hessischer LandtagDEnen der Verantwortliche oder der Auftragsverarbeiter unterliegt, können die Pflichten und Rechte gemäß den Artikeln 12 bis 22 und Artikel 34 sowie Artikel 5, insofern dessen Bestimmungen den in den Artikeln 12 bis 22 vorgesehenen Rechten und Pflichten entsprec ↗
Délégué à la Protection des Données (ancien et formateur)FR(au titre de l’article 34 du RGPD), pour validation. 6 Proposition : L’article 33.2 du règlement est ainsi modifié : 2. Le sous-traitant notifie au responsable de traitement toute violation de données dans les meilleurs délais après en avoir pris connaissance, ↗
Anonos Inc.USnot have to be communicated to the data subject under Article 34. • Enable Benefits of Expanded Lawful Processing a. Article 89(1) provides that “[p]rocessing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statisti ↗
Hans-Hermann SchildDE. 2 Übereinkommen zur Durchführung des Über- einkommens von Schengen (SDÜ) vom 14. Juni 1985, ABl. L 239 S. 19. 34 So bereits in Art. 34 Abs. 2 Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1987/2006 des Europäi- schen Parlaments und des Rates vom 20. Dezember 2006 über die Einrichtun ↗
noybATxceptional cases are for example force majeure, strict inability of the parties to comply with deadlines [fill in more examples]. Article 34 - Forms and data structures Without prejudice to Articles 61(9), [fill in all other provisions] and 67 GDPR, the Commi ↗
Border Violence Monitoring NetworkDEensure that their rights are respected and to ensure that their data is processed only for the purposes laid down by EURODAC and Article 34 of the Dublin Regulation. ↗

Source: public consultation submissions and position papers. n = 9 mentions; counted as a literal reference to the article number.

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