Unverified Commit 0a32a753 authored by Aki Braun's avatar Aki Braun
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Remove redundant definitions, cite definitions

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@@ -144,49 +144,18 @@ For the purposes of the present document, the terms given in Regulation (EU) 202
**cloud**
: data centre or collection of data centres operated entirely by a third party which rents out space and time on their equipment, as well as providing services for managing infrastructure from outside networks

**consumer**
: natural person who acts for purposes which are outside that person's trade, business, craft or profession

**cybersecurity**
: cybersecurity as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881 [\[i.5\]](#_ref_i.5)
: "the activities necessary to protect network and information systems, the users of such systems, and other persons affected by cyber threats"

**end-point**
: device that is connected to a virtual private network and serves as an entry point for packets destined for that network
> NOTE: See Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881 [\[i.5\]](#_ref_i.5) 

**exit node**
: VPN server software and associated hardware which routes packets to and from their intended destination

**hardware**
: physical electronic information system, or parts thereof capable of processing, storing or transmitting digital data

**indirect connection**
: connection to a device or network, which does not take place directly but rather as part of a larger system that is directly connectable to such a device or network

**intended purpose**
: “use for which a product with digital elements is intended by the manufacturer, including the specific context and conditions of use, as specified in the information supplied by the manufacturer in the instructions for use, promotional or sales materials and statements, as well as in the technical documentation;”

> NOTE: An intended purposes is what is specified in the information supplied by the manufacturer in the instructions for use, promotional or sales materials and statements, as well as in the technical documentation.

**logical connection**
: virtual representation of a data connection implemented through a software interface

**physical connection**
: connection between electronic information systems or components implemented using physical means, including through electrical, optical or mechanical interfaces, wires or radio waves

**Personal Data**
: personal data as defined by (EU) 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation [\[i.11\]](#_ref_i.11)

**product with digital elements**
: software or hardware product and its remote data processing solutions (including software or hardware components being placed on the market separately)

**remote data processing**
: “data processing at a distance for which the software is designed and developed by the manufacturer, or under the responsibility of the manufacturer, and the absence of which would prevent the product with digital elements from performing one of its functions.”

**software**
: part of an electronic information system which consists of computer code
: "any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;"

**software bill of materials**
: formal record containing details and supply chain relationships of components included in the software elements of a product with digital elements
> NOTE: See (EU) 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation [\[i.11\]](#_ref_i.11)

**system configuration**
: set of settings that a VPN client may modify to establish, maintain, or terminate a VPN connection