The risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, of varying likelihood and severity, may result from personal data processing which could lead to physical, material or non-material damage, in particular: where the processing may give rise to discrimination, identity theft or fraud, financial loss, damage to the reputation, loss of confidentiality of personal data protected by professional secrecy, unauthorised reversal of pseudonymisation, or any other significant economic or social disadvantage; where data subjects might be deprived of their rights and freedoms or prevented from exercising control over their personal data; where personal data are processed which reveal racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, data concerning health or data concerning sex life or criminal convictions and offences or related security measures; where personal aspects are evaluated, in particular analysing or predicting aspects concerning performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences or interests, reliability or behaviour, location or movements, in order to create or use personal profiles; where personal data of vulnerable natural persons, in particular of children, are processed; or where processing involves a large amount of personal data and affects a large number of data subjects.
Maidir leis na rioscaí i dtaca le cearta agus saoirsí daoine nádúrtha, ar rioscaí iad lena ngabhann dóchúlacht agus déine éagsúil, mar thoradh ar phróiseáil sonraí pearsanta as damáiste fisiciúil, ábhartha nó neamhábhartha, go háirithe sna cásanna seo a leanas: i gcás ina n-eascródh idirdhealú, goid aitheantais nó calaois aitheantais, caillteanas airgeadais, damáiste don chlú, caillteanas rúndacht na sonraí pearsanta sin atá faoi chosaint de réir rúndacht ghairmiúil, aisiompú neamhúdaraithe cur i bhfeidhm ainm bréige, nó aon mhíbhuntáiste eacnamaíoch nó sóisialta eile atá suntasach as an bpróiseáil; i gcás ina bhféadfadh sé go ndéanfaí cearta agus saoirsí na n-ábhar sonraí a cheilt orthu nó go gcoisfí iad ó rialú a dhéanamh ar fheidhmiú a gcuid sonraí pearsanta; i gcás ina ndéantar próiseáil ar shonraí pearsanta lena léirítear tionscnamh ciníoch nó eitneach, tuairimí polaitiúla, creideamh reiligiúnach nó fealsúnach, ballraíocht i gceardchumann, agus próiseáil sonraí géiniteacha, sonraí a bhaineann leis an tsláinte nó sonraí a bhaineann le saol gnéis nó le ciontuithe coiriúla agus cionta nó le bearta slándála gaolmhara; i gcás ina ndéantar meastóireacht ar ghnéithe pearsanta, go háirithe anailísiú nó tuar ar ghnéithe maidir le feidhmiú ag an obair, maidir leis an staid eacnamaíoch, sláinte, roghanna nó leas pearsanta, iontaofacht nó iompraíocht, suíomh nó gluaiseachtaí, chun próifílí pearsanta a chruthú nó a úsáid; i gcás ina ndéantar próiseáil ar shonraí pearsanta daoine nádúrtha leochaileacha, go háirithe leanaí; nó i gcás ina bhfuil cainníocht mhór sonraí pearsanta i gceist leis an bpróiseáil agus ina mbíonn tionchar ag an bpróiseáil sin ar líon mór ábhar sonraí.