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Privacy

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The rights and obligations of individuals and organizations concerning the collection, creation, use, retention, disclosure and destruction of PI.

polysemousAICPA Privacy Management Framework

Senses

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexiconextended definition available

The assurance that the confidentiality of, and access to, certain information about an entity is protected.

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary

Freedom from unauthorized intrusion or disclosure of information about an individual

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Restricting access to subscriber or Relying Party information in accordance with federal law and agency policy.

Notes on Measurement

freedom from intrusion into the private life or affairs of an individual when that intrusion results from undue or illegal gathering and use of data about that individual

ISO/IEC TS 5723:2022(en) Trustworthiness — Vocabulary

freedom from intrusion into the private life or affairs of an individual

Wordset Dictionary

the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others

Wordset Dictionary

the condition of being concealed or hidden

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

synonym
concealmentseclusion
plural
Privacies
possessive
Privacy's
pluralpossessive
Privacies'