Privacy-Enhancing Technology

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A coherent system of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) measures that protects privacy by eliminating or reducing personal data or by preventing unnecessary and/or undesired processing of personal data, all without losing the functionality of the information system.

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Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Variants

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plural: Privacy-Enhancing Technologies
possessive: Privacy-Enhancing Technology's
pluralpossessive: Privacy-Enhancing Technologies'

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