Privacy

Privacy fundamentals

Terms

6 terms

  • Data controller

    A data controller is the person or organization that decides why and how personal data is processed and carries primary legal responsibility for it.

  • Data minimization

    Data minimization is the privacy principle that personal data must be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary for a clearly defined purpose.

  • Data privacy

    Data privacy is the right and practice of controlling how personal information is collected, used, shared and kept, and the rules that protect it.

  • Data processor

    A data processor is an organization that processes personal data on behalf of a data controller, following its documented instructions, not its own goals.

  • Personal data

    Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, the central concept that triggers data protection obligations.

  • PII

    PII, personally identifiable information, is any data that can identify a specific person on its own or when linked with other available information.