Glossary of Compliance

Compliance Glossary

Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.

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Convention 108 (Council of Europe)

Convention 108 is the first binding international instrument which aims at protecting individuals against abuses which may be a result of the collection and processing of personal data and which is regulated at the same time across international borders.

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