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5. Should civil penalties be l<strong>in</strong>ked to a certa<strong>in</strong> percentage of the total worldwide turnover<br />

of the default<strong>in</strong>g <strong>data</strong> c<strong>on</strong>troller (for the preced<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial year) or should it be a fixed<br />

upper limit prescribed under law?<br />

6. Should the turnover (referred to <strong>in</strong> the above questi<strong>on</strong>) be the worldwide turnover (of<br />

preced<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial year) or the turnover l<strong>in</strong>ked to the process<strong>in</strong>g activity pursuant to a<br />

<strong>data</strong> protecti<strong>on</strong> breach?<br />

7. Where civil penalties are proposed to be l<strong>in</strong>ked to a percentage of the worldwide<br />

turnover (of the preced<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial year) of the default<strong>in</strong>g <strong>data</strong> c<strong>on</strong>troller, what should<br />

be the value of such percentage? Should it be prescribed under the law or should it be<br />

determ<strong>in</strong>ed by the adjudicat<strong>in</strong>g authority?<br />

8. Should limit of civil penalty imposed vary for different categories of <strong>data</strong> c<strong>on</strong>trollers<br />

(where such <strong>data</strong> c<strong>on</strong>trollers are categorised based <strong>on</strong> the volume of pers<strong>on</strong>al <strong>data</strong><br />

processed, high turnover due to <strong>data</strong> process<strong>in</strong>g operati<strong>on</strong>s, or use of new technology<br />

for process<strong>in</strong>g)?<br />

9. Depend<strong>in</strong>g <strong>on</strong> the civil penalty model proposed to be adopted, what type of factors<br />

should be c<strong>on</strong>sidered by an adjudicat<strong>in</strong>g body while determ<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the quantum of civil<br />

penalty to be imposed?<br />

10. Should there be a provisi<strong>on</strong> for block<strong>in</strong>g market access of a default<strong>in</strong>g <strong>data</strong> c<strong>on</strong>troller <strong>in</strong><br />

case of n<strong>on</strong>-payment of penalty? What would be the implicati<strong>on</strong>s of such a measure?<br />

11. Are there any alternative views <strong>on</strong> penalties other than the <strong>on</strong>es menti<strong>on</strong>ed above?<br />

B. Compensati<strong>on</strong><br />

Award<strong>in</strong>g of compensati<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>stitutes an important remedy where an <strong>in</strong>dividual has <strong>in</strong>curred<br />

a loss or damage as a result of a <strong>data</strong> c<strong>on</strong>troller‘s failure to comply with the <strong>data</strong> protecti<strong>on</strong><br />

pr<strong>in</strong>ciples as set out under law.<br />

For a fuller discussi<strong>on</strong>, see page 197 above.<br />

Questi<strong>on</strong>s<br />

1. What is the nature, type and extent of loss or damage suffered by an <strong>in</strong>dividual <strong>in</strong><br />

relati<strong>on</strong> to which she may seek compensati<strong>on</strong> under a <strong>data</strong> protecti<strong>on</strong> legal regime?<br />

2. What are the factors and guidel<strong>in</strong>es that may be c<strong>on</strong>sidered while calculat<strong>in</strong>g<br />

compensati<strong>on</strong> for breach of <strong>data</strong> protecti<strong>on</strong> obligati<strong>on</strong>s?<br />

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