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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Data Minimization

Data Minimization represents that a data controller should restrict the collection of personal information to what is directly necessary and relevant to accomplish a certain task and only for a period deemed necessary to fulfil that purpose.

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