# Third party

Source: https://conformitate.md/en/glossary/third-party

Glossary

## Definition in the Law [art. 4](https://conformitate.md/en/law-195-2024/article-4#term-11 "third party")

> 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;

## In plain words

A third party is a person or body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and those who are authorised to process data under their direct authority. A business partner that receives customers’ data for its own purposes, not on the company’s behalf or under its direct authority, is a third party.

**The Romanian and Russian texts are those published in Monitorul Oficial. This English text is an unofficial translation by conformitate.md and has no legal force.**

Not an official publication. The Law was published in Monitorul Oficial No. 367-369/2024, art. 574.

Text verified on 15 October 2026 · [Romanian text on legis.md](https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=144681&lang=ro)

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