# Definitions 4(10) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (4(10)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-4#par-10
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Part of **Definitions** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-4).

## Provision text

### 4(10)

‘third party’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data;


## Topics on this provision

- **Public Authority** — https://overview.legal/topics/overheid
  Government bodies and their data processing activities
- **Public Sector** — https://overview.legal/topics/public-sector
  Processing by public authorities
- **Processors** — https://overview.legal/topics/processors
  Entities that process data on behalf of controllers
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons
- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **SG Nürnberg - S 5 SF 65/24 DS** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/122874
- **VB v Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51485
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 June 2021.#Mircom International Content Management & Consulting (M.I.C.M.) Limited v Telenet BVBA.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – Copyright and related rights – Directive 2001/29/EC – Article 3(1) and (2) – Concept of ‘making available to the public’ – Downloading of a file containing a protected work via a peer-to-peer network and the simultaneous** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132322
- **VB v Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite** ¶39 (case-law, CJEU) — https://overview.legal/posts/51485
- **VB v Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite** ¶22 (case-law, CJEU) — https://overview.legal/posts/51485
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 June 2021.#Mircom International Content Management & Consulting (M.I.C.M.) Limited v Telenet BVBA.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – Copyright and related rights – Directive 2001/29/EC – Article 3(1) and (2) – Concept of ‘making available to the public’ – Downloading of a file containing a protected work via a peer-to-peer network and the simultaneous** ¶126 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132322
- **Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 4 September 2025.#IP v Quirin Privatbank AG.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Rights of the data subject – Article 17 – Right to erasure of data – Article 18 – Right to restriction of processing – Article 79 – Right to an effective judicial remedy – Unlawful processing of personal data** ¶28 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132135
- **Guidelines 9/2022 on personal data breach notification under GDPR** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38058
- **Guidelines 05/2021 on the Interplay between the application of Article 3 and the provisions on international transfers as per Chapter V of the GDPR** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125866
- **Guidelines 07/2020 on the concepts of controller and processor in the GDPR** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38069
- **Guidelines 01/2022 on data subject rights - Right of access** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38055
- **Guidelines 1/2020 on processing personal data in the context of connected vehicles and mobility related applications** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38135

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