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ISC2 CC Practice Question: Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Incident Response
A company experiences a data breach involving personal data of EU residents. Under GDPR, what is the maximum time within which the organization must notify the supervisory authority?
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72 hours
GDPR requires data controllers to notify the supervisory authority within 72 hours of becoming aware of a personal data breach.
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For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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48 hours
Why it's wrong here
48 hours is not the GDPR requirement.
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72 hours
Why this is correct
GDPR mandates notification within 72 hours.
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7 days
Why it's wrong here
7 days exceeds the GDPR limit.
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24 hours
Why it's wrong here
24 hours is not the GDPR requirement.
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An Organization is a top-level container in Google Cloud that represents your company or entities and serves as the root node for all your cloud resources, policies, and access control.
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GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union law that sets strict rules for how organizations collect, store, process, and protect the personal data of individuals within the EU.
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