data protection
noun1
Often, Usually The act or process of protecting data from unauthorized use by ensuring security and privacy through consciously chosen and enforced rules and methods.
- The links were mostly to newspaper articles and public records, and Google refused to comply, but with the “right to be forgotten” enshrined as a key objective of the European Union’s 2011 data protection strategy, more and bigger cases are likely to follow.2011 April 19, Sumit Paul-Choudhury, “Digital legacy: The fate of your online soul”, in NewScientist:
- The train company did not breach data protection law for publishing the clip during the so-called traingate controversy.2017 July 12, Katie Mansfield, “Virgin Trains cleared of rumbling Jeremy Corbyn with traingate CCTV clip”, in Daily Express:
1 more example
- However, given current sensibilities about individual privacy and data protection, the recording of oral data is becoming increasingly onerous for researchers[.]2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 11:
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Capitalized, Often, Usually The business function (team, department, squad, etc) that leads others in their performance of this act or process.
- This proposal has to be cleared by Legal, Human Resources, and Data Protection before it can proceed further.
- Derived terms
- CCPA, DPIA, DPO, DPPO, GDPR
- Related terms
- cybersecurity, privacy policy