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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Special Category Personal Data

Special Category Data can be understood as classified, sensitive data that demand additional security measures for the protection and explicit consent for processing the data. This category of data is clearly defined by GDPR and has outlined measures for protecting the same.

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