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Processor

nounid 5044·updated May 18, 2026
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An entity that provides data and information processing services to other legal persons, entities and organizations. A processor entity may be an application, platform, infrastructure, data storage (as a service) organization, or a private or public cloud-providing business entity.

polysemousMWE

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Classifications

Entity Type

Role75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

90%rule-basedr:sens.regulated.framework.v1

Information Class

85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

synonym
central processing unitcontrollerdata processorpersonal dataprocessing
plural
Processors
possessive
Processor's
pluralpossessive
Processors'

Framework definitions

General Data Protection RegulationEU1 senseview framework →
§1
‘Processor’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
California Consumer Privacy Act of 20181 senseview framework →
§1
“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 Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
§2
a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market
§3
someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)
AICPA Privacy Management Framework1 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
An entity that provides data and information processing services to other legal persons, entities and organizations. A processor entity may be an application, platform, infrastructure, data storage (as a service) organization, or a private or public cloud-providing business entity.
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
“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.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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Incoming relationships

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