Legal glossary

“personal data breach”

Defined in 1 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
  1. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. · s. 2

    (u) "personal data breach" means any unauthorised processing of personal data or accidental disclosure, acquisition, sharing, use, alteration, destruction or loss of access to personal data, that compromises the confidentiality, integrity or availability of personal data; - (v) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
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