Privacy Glossary

Clear definitions for privacy teams working on GDPR, DSAR, and data mapping programs.

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30 terms in Impact Assessments & Documentation

A

Accountability Documentation

Assessment of Necessity and Proportionality

Assessment of Risks to Rights and Freedoms

Availability to the Supervisory Authority

C

Categories of Recipients

D

Data Processed on a Large Scale

Data Processing Documentation

Data Protection Audit

Data Protection Impact Assessment Register

Description of Categories of Data Subjects

Documentation Obligation

E

Evaluation or Scoring

G

General Description of Security Measures

I

Information Asset Register

Innovative Use of Technology

M

Matching or Combining Datasets

Measures to Address the Risks

O

Ongoing Review of the DPIA

P

Preventing Data Subjects From Exercising a Right

Privacy Risk Register

Publicly Accessible Area Monitoring

Purposes of the Processing

R

Record of Controller Processing Activities

Record of Processor Processing Activities

Risk to Rights and Freedoms

S

Systematic Description of Processing

T

Time Limits for Erasure

W

Whitelist of Processing Not Requiring a DPIA

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