L 119/34
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
4.5.2016
framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as
recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data
protection rules according to the purposes of the processing;
(10) ‘third party’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject,
controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to
process personal data;
(11) ‘consent’ of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data
subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the
processing of personal data relating to him or her;
(12) ‘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;
(13) ‘genetic data’ means personal data relating to the inherited or acquired genetic characteristics of a natural person
which give unique information about the physiology or the health of that natural person and which result, in
particular, from an analysis of a biological sample from the natural person in question;
(14) ‘biometric data’ means personal data resulting from specific technical processing relating to the physical, physio
logical or behavioural characteristics of a natural person, which allow or confirm the unique identification of that
natural person, such as facial images or dactyloscopic data;
(15) ‘data concerning health’ means personal data related to the physical or mental health of a natural person, including
the provision of health care services, which reveal information about his or her health status;
(16) ‘main establishment’ means:
(a) as regards a controller with establishments in more than one Member State, the place of its central adminis
tration in the Union, unless the decisions on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data are
taken in another establishment of the controller in the Union and the latter establishment has the power to
have such decisions implemented, in which case the establishment having taken such decisions is to be
considered to be the main establishment;
(b) as regards a processor with establishments in more than one Member State, the place of its central adminis
tration in the Union, or, if the processor has no central administration in the Union, the establishment of the
processor in the Union where the main processing activities in the context of the activities of an establishment
of the processor take place to the extent that the processor is subject to specific obligations under this
Regulation;
(17) ‘representative’ means a natural or legal person established in the Union who, designated by the controller or
processor in writing pursuant to Article 27, represents the controller or processor with regard to their respective
obligations under this Regulation;
(18) ‘enterprise’ means a natural or legal person engaged in an economic activity, irrespective of its legal form, including
partnerships or associations regularly engaged in an economic activity;
(19) ‘group of undertakings’ means a controlling undertaking and its controlled undertakings;
(20) ‘binding corporate rules’ means personal data protection policies which are adhered to by a controller or processor
established on the territory of a Member State for transfers or a set of transfers of personal data to a controller or
processor in one or more third countries within a group of undertakings, or group of enterprises engaged in a
joint economic activity;
(21) ‘supervisory authority’ means an independent public authority which is established by a Member State pursuant to
Article 51;