IAPP CIPP-E Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 25

According to the EDPB Guidelines 01/2021 on Examples regarding Personal Data Breach Notification, a confidentiality breach occurs when personal data is disclosed or made available to unauthorized persons. This is the case when exfiltration of job application data from a website results in personal information being accessible to unauthorized persons, such as hackers or competitors. This type of breach may pose a high risk to the rights and freedoms of the data subjects, as it may lead to identity theft, fraud, discrimination, or reputational damage. Therefore, the data controller should notify the data subjects without undue delay, unless the data is encrypted or anonymized, or the controller has taken subsequent measures to ensure that the high risk is no longer likely to materialize.

ISO 31700 is an international standard that provides high-level requirements and recommendations for organizations that use privacy by design (PbD) in the development, maintenance and operation of consumer goods and services. PbD is a concept that aims to integrate privacy into products, services and systems by default, following seven main principles: proactive not reactive, privacy as the default, privacy embedded into design, full functionality, end-to-end security, visibility and transparency, and respect for user privacy. PbD is also a legal requirement under many prominent privacy regulations across the world, such as the GDPR. ISO 31700 is based on a consumer-centric approach, where the consumer's privacy rights and preferences are placed at the center of product development and operation.

One of the main reasons why the CJEU invalidated the Privacy Shield was that it found that the US surveillance programs were not limited to what is strictly necessary and proportionate, as required by the EU law. The CJEU also criticized the lack of effective judicial remedies for EU data subjects whose data was accessed by US authorities. The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework is intended to address these issues by introducing new safeguards to ensure that signals intelligence activities are necessary and proportionate in the pursuit of defined national security objectives, and by creating a new mechanism for EU individuals to seek redress if they believe they are unlawfully targeted by signals intelligence activities. The Framework also enhances the oversight and transparency of US surveillance practices.

According to the EDPB Guidelines 8/2022, the lead supervisory authority of a controller is the supervisory authority of the main or single establishment of the controller in the EEA. The main establishment is the place where the controller has its place of central administration in the EEA, unless decisions on the purposes and means of the processing are taken in another establishment in the EEA, and that establishment has the power to implement those decisions. The controller must be able to demonstrate that such an establishment exists. The supervisory authority of the main establishment is the lead supervisory authority, regardless of what the controller has identified as the authority to which data subjects can lodge complaints. Therefore, criterion C is not relevant for identifying the lead supervisory authority of a controller.

According to the GDPR, one of the legal bases for transferring personal data to a third country or an international organization is when the transfer is necessary for the protection of the vital interests of the data subject or of another person, where the data subject is physically or legally incapable of giving consent (Article 49(1)). This exception applies only in very limited and exceptional situations, such as life-threatening medical emergencies. In this scenario, ProStorage most likely relied on this legal basis to transfer Ruth's medical information to the hospital in India, where she suffered a medical emergency and was hospitalized. Ruth was presumably unable to give her consent due to her health condition, and the transfer of her medical information was necessary to protect her vital interests, such as her life or health. Therefore, this transfer mechanism was more appropriate than the other options, which either require consent or are not relevant to the situation.

According to the EDPB Guidelines 05/2020 on consent under Regulation 2016/6791, valid consent for the use of cookies must meet the following conditions:

* It must be freely given, which means that the data subject must have a genuine choice and the ability to refuse or withdraw consent without detriment.

* It must be specific, which means that the data subject must give consent for each distinct purpose of the processing and for each type of cookie.

* It must be informed, which means that the data subject must receive clear and comprehensive information about the identity of the controller, the purposes of the processing, the types of cookies used, the duration of the cookies, and the possibility of withdrawing consent.

* It must be unambiguous, which means that the data subject must express their consent by a clear affirmative action, such as clicking on an "I agree" button or selecting specific settings in a cookie banner.

* It must be granular, which means that the data subject must be able to consent to different types of cookies separately, such as essential, functional, performance, or marketing cookies.

Therefore, a "Cookies Settings" button is not a necessary element to collect valid consent for the use of cookies, as long as the data subject can exercise their choice and preference through other means, such as a cookie banner with different options. However, a "Cookies Settings" button may be a good practice to enhance transparency and user control, as it allows the data subject to access and modify their consent settings at any time.

On the other hand, a "Reject All" cookies button is a necessary element to collect valid consent for the use of cookies, as it ensures that the data subject can freely refuse consent without detriment. A list of cookies that may be placed and information on the purpose of the cookies are also necessary elements to collect valid consent for the use of cookies, as they ensure that the data subject is informed and can give specific consent for each type of cookie.

According to the GDPR, the material scope of the regulation covers the processing of personal data wholly or partly by automated means, or by non-automated means if the data forms part of a filing system or is intended to form part of a filing system (Article 2(1)). Personal data is defined as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (data subject) (Article 4(1)). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person (Article 4(1)). Therefore, pseudonymous data, such as blockchain transactions that use public keys or other identifiers, may still fall within the definition of personal data if the data subject can be identified or re-identified by using additional information or means (Recital 26).

The GDPR also applies to the processing of personal data in the context of the activities of an establishment of a controller or a processor in the European Union, regardless of whether the processing takes place in the European Union or not (Article 3(1)). The GDPR also applies to the processing of personal data of data subjects who are in the European Union by a controller or processor not established in the European Union, where the processing activities are related to the offering of goods or services to such data subjects in the European Union or the monitoring of their behaviour as far as their behaviour takes place within the European Union (Article 3(2)). Therefore, the territorial scope of the GDPR covers both controllers and processors established in the European Union, and controllers and processors not established in the European Union but targeting or monitoring data subjects in the European Union.

In this scenario, blockchain transactions are classified as pseudonymous data, which may still be considered as personal data under the GDPR if the data subjects can be identified or re-identified. Therefore, such transactions are within the material scope of the GDPR, as they involve the processing of personal data by automated means. However, the GDPR only applies to such transactions to the extent that they include data subjects in the European Union, either by having a controller or processor established in the European Union, or by offering goods or services to or monitoring the behaviour of such data subjects. Therefore, the answer is C.

cloud computing services are defined as the on-demand availability of computing resources (such as storage and infrastructure), as services over the internet. Cloud computing services share certain characteristics, such as on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity, measured service, multi-tenancy, virtualization, resilient computing, flexible pricing models, security, automation, and sustainability234.

One of the characteristics that is not recognized as a common characteristic of cloud computing services is that the supplier assumes the vendor's business risk associated with data processed by the supplier. This is not a characteristic of cloud computing services, but rather a contractual or legal issue that depends on the agreement between the supplier and the vendor. The supplier and the vendor may have different roles and responsibilities regarding the data processed by the supplier, such as controller, processor, or sub-processor, and they may have different obligations and liabilities under the applicable data protection laws, such as the GDPR. Therefore, the supplier does not necessarily assume the vendor's business risk associated with data processed by the supplier, unless it is explicitly agreed by the parties or required by the law.