Data protection

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of protecting data from unauthorized use by ensuring security and privacy through consciously chosen and enforced rules and methods. attributive, often, uncountable, usually

    "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."

  2. 2
    The business function (team, department, squad, etc) that leads others in their performance of this act or process. capitalized, often, uncountable, usually

    "This proposal has to be cleared by Legal, Human Resources, and Data Protection before it can proceed further."

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data erasuredata network securitydata privacydata privacy policydata protection governancedata protection law

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"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."

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