Processor
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
An entity that provides data and information processing services to other legal persons, entities and organizations. A processor entity may be an application, platform, infrastructure, data storage (as a service) organization, or a private or public cloud-providing business entity.
Framework senses
- §1
- ‘Processor’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
- §1
- “Processing” means any operation or set of operations that are performed on personal information or on sets of personal information, whether or not by automated means.
- §1
- (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
- §2
- a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market
- §3
- someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)
- §1 · glossary
- An entity that provides data and information processing services to other legal persons, entities and organizations. A processor entity may be an application, platform, infrastructure, data storage (as a service) organization, or a private or public cloud-providing business entity.Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
- §1 · legacy_primary
- “Processing” means any operation or set of operations that are performed on personal information or on sets of personal information, whether or not by automated means.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column