Data Management Business Glossary
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- Personal DataDefining personal data, as distinct from personal information, or personally-identifiable information. Personal data is defined in the GDPR. Article 4(1) states that personal data “means any(...) Term details
- Personally Identifiable InformationAny information that may be used to make a record of a person identifiable, directly or indirectly. Term details
- PIIAny information that may be used to make a record of a person identifiable, directly or indirectly. Term details
- PersonnelPersonnel mean current, former and prospective staff including full or part-time workers, interim or casual workers, salaried workers, consultants, contractors or temporary workers whether(...) Term details
- Physical Data ModelA data model that is the instantiation of meaning, relationships and data attributes into a physical implementation automated by technology. Term details
- Physical MetadataMetadata that describes the physical location of data. Term details
- PlaintextIn the context of information security, plaintext is unencrypted information pending input into cryptographic algorithms, utilizing encryption algorithms. This usually refers to data that is(...) Term details
- PolicyHigh level directive that expresses goals and represents management expectations for legal, regulatory and/or organizational requirements. Term details
- PrincipleA statement of belief or foundational concepts that provide guidance for decision making and behaviors. Term details
- Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs)An array of technologies that aim to reduce privacy risks associated with data processing. Term details
- ProcedureA low level step or task in a process that specifies how to achieve an activity. Term details
- ProcessA series of steps that when executed in order achieve the desired outcome. Term details
- ProcessingAny operation or set of operations which is performed on data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration,(...) Term details
- ProfilingIs defined by the GDPR as any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in(...) Term details
- Program Management OfficeAn organizational body or entity assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain. Source: Project Management Institute(...) Term details
- PMOAn organizational body or entity assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain. Source: Project Management Institute(...) Term details
- Protected Health InformationPersonal data concerning health should include all data pertaining to the health status of a person which reveal information relating to the past, current or future physical or mental health(...) Term details
- PHIPersonal data concerning health should include all data pertaining to the health status of a person which reveal information relating to the past, current or future physical or mental health(...) Term details
- Provisioning PointA service from which data associated with a data domain can be acquired after it has been sourced. Term details
- PseudonymisationProcessing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific individual without the use of additional information, provided that such additional(...) Term details
- PseudonymizationThe process of converting Personal Data into a form whereby it can no longer be attributed to a specific individual, without the use of additional information, provided that such additional(...) Term details
- PurgeThe act of disposing of a given data set such that it is expunged from all systems and is not recoverable. Term details