Controller
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
An entity that has taken possession and controls access to a data subject's PI.
polysemousAICPA Privacy Management Framework
Senses
General Data Protection Regulation
‘Controller’ means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law;
Wordset Dictionary
a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
Wordset Dictionary
someone who maintains and audits business accounts
Wordset Dictionary
a person who directs and restrains
Classifications
Entity Type
Role100%manual revieweval-seeds-v0.3-2026-05-14
Ddorianlast reviewed —
Sensitivity
—90%rule-basedr:sens.regulated.framework.v1
?unassignedlast reviewed —
Information Class
—85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —
Variants
- synonym
- accountantcomptrollercontroldata controllerpersonal dataprocessorrestrainer
- plural
- Controllers
- possessive
- Controller's
- pluralpossessive
- Controllers'