Glossary

Data privacy glossary

Plain definitions of the data privacy and protection terms you meet in regulations, contracts and security reviews. Pick a letter or search for a term.

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Authentication

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Big Data

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CCPA

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Chief Data Officer

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Consent

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Consent Management

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Cookie

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COPPA

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Cross Border Transfers

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Data Anonymization

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Data Catalog

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Data Classification

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Data Controller

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Data De-Identification

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Data Discovery and Classification

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Data Encryption

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Data Flow Diagram

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Data Governance

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Data Inventory

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Data Lineage

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Data Mapping

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Data Masking

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Data Minimization

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Data Negligence

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Data Obfuscation

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Data Portability

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Data Privacy

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Data Privacy Automation

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Data Privacy Best Practices

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Data Privacy Risk

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Data Privacy Solutions

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Data Processor

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Data Protection Authority

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Data Protection Officer

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Data Redaction

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Data Retention

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Data Steward

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Data Subject

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Data Subject Access Request

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Data Subject Rights and Consumer Rights

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FTC

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

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Logs

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NIST Privacy Framework

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Personal information

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Phishing

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Privacy by Design (PbD)

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Privacy Compliance

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Privacy Engineering

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Privacy Impact Assessment

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Privacy Shield

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Pseudonymization

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Public Records

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Right to be Forgotten

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Spam

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Toxic Combinations

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Transparency

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Unauthorized Data Access, Use or Transfer

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Whaling

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