Acts 2017
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“Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject
of data protection is assigned;
“network” means a communication transmission system that
provides interconnection among a number of local and remote
devices;
“Office” means the Data Protection Office referred to in section 4;
“personal data” means any information relating to a data subject;
“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;
“proceedings” –
(a)
means any proceedings conducted by or under the supervision
of a Judge or Magistrate; and
(b)
may include –
(i)
(ii)
an inquiry or investigation into an offence; and
disciplinary proceedings;
“processor” means a person who, or public body which, processes
personal data on behalf of a controller;
“processing” means an operation or set of operations performed on
personal data or 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;
“profiling” means any form of automated processing of personal
data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain
personal aspects relating to an individual, in particular to analyse
or predict aspects concerning that individual’s performance at
work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests,
reliability, behaviour, location or movements;