Premessa 85
Recital 85
(85) Il-vjolazzjoni ta’ data personali tista’, jekk ma tiġix indirizzata b’mod adegwat u fil-ħin, tirriżulta f’dannu fiżiku, materjali jew mhux materjali lill-persuni fiżiċi bħat-telf ta’ kontroll tad-data personali tagħhom jew limitazzjoni tad-drittijiet tagħhom, diskriminazzjoni, serq tal-identità jew frodi, telf finanzjarju, it-treġġigħ lura mhux awtorizzat tal-psewdonimizzazzjoni, dannu għar-reputazzjoni, telf ta’ kunfidenzjalità tad-data personali protetta mis-segretezza professjonali jew kwalunkwe żvantaġġ ekonomiku jew soċjali ieħor għall-persuna fiżika kkonċernata.
Għalhekk, malli l-kontrollur jinduna li sar ksur ta’ data personali, il-kontrollur għandu jinnotifika l-ksur tad-data personali lill-awtorità superviżorja mingħajr dewmien bla bżonn u, fejn fattibbli, mhux aktar tard minn 72 siegħa wara li jkun sar jaf bih, sakemm il-kontrollur ma jkunx kapaċi juri, f’konformità mal-prinċipju tar-responsabbiltà, li l-ksur ta’ data personali x’aktarx ma jirriżultax f’riskju għad-drittijiet u l-libertajiet tal-persuni fiżiċi.
Fejn tali notifika ma tkunx tista’ tinkiseb fi żmien 72 siegħa, in-notifika għandha tkun akkumpanjata mir-raġunijiet tad-dewmien u tista’ tingħata informazzjoni f’fażijiet mingħajr aktar dewmien bla bżonn.
(85) A personal data breach may, if not addressed in an appropriate and timely manner, result in physical, material or non-material damage to natural persons such as loss of control over their personal data or limitation of their rights, discrimination, identity theft or fraud, financial loss, unauthorised reversal of pseudonymisation, damage to reputation, loss of confidentiality of personal data protected by professional secrecy or any other significant economic or social disadvantage to the natural person concerned.
Therefore, as soon as the controller becomes aware that a personal data breach has occurred, the controller should notify the personal data breach to the supervisory authority without undue delay and, where feasible, not later than 72 hours after having become aware of it, unless the controller is able to demonstrate, in accordance with the accountability principle, that the personal data breach is unlikely to result in a risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons.
Where such notification cannot be achieved within 72 hours, the reasons for the delay should accompany the notification and information may be provided in phases without undue further delay.
The latest consolidated version of the Regulation with corrections by Corrigendum, OJ L 127, 23.5.2018, p. 2 ((EU) 2016/679). Source: EUR-lex.