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Data Privacy

Data privacy definition (noun)

1.

Data privacy is the concept of keeping individuals’ personal data as private as possible. Data privacy measures include collecting, storing, and sharing as little personal information as possible, and making efforts to keep that data safe.

Data privacy also involves giving people more control over who has access to their personal data.

Appears in: GDPR and CCPA

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