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Processing

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

‘Processing’ means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

MWEGeneral Data Protection Regulation

Senses

California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018

“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.

Wordset Dictionary

preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

synonym
data processingpersonal dataprocess personal data
plural
Processings
possessive
Processing's
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Processings'