Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Data Transfer
Data Transfer is an intentional sending or authenticating of some other party for the use of personal data, where neither sender nor the recipient is a data subject. At the same time, data transfer should not be confused with data collection.
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