For the European Union Institutions and Bodies these Guidelines provide recommendations and indicate best practices to implement accountability for personal data protection by helping to assess and manage the risks for data protection, privacy and other fundamental rights of individuals in case of a personal data breach.
The Guidelines describe:
– What a personal data breach is
– How to assess a personal data breach
– How to notify a personal data breach to the EDPS
– How to communicate a personal data breach to the data subject
– How to document a personal data breach