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Privacy-Enhancing Technology

nounid 5037·updated Aug 28, 2026
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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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Entity Type

Capability85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

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

Information Class

Pii75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

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Privacy-Enhancing Technologies
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Framework definitions

Handbook of privacy and privacy-enhancing technologies.1 senseview framework →
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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.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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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