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Purpose

nounid 108912·updated Aug 30, 2026

Purpose” is retired. It does not tag in any document, it is excluded from the anchor pack, and it does not hold its lemma — so another term can take it.

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The reason why an entity seeks to collect, use, create, store and disclose the PI of a data subject. The purposes should be explicit, acknowledged by the entity in an agreement with affected data subjects, and the entity should not use the data subject's PI for other purposes not agreed to by the data subject.

polysemous

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Information Class

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Variants

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This term has no surface-form variants in the lexicon yet, so it tags only its canonical form.

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
the quality of being determined to do or achieve something
§2
what something is used for
§3
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
AICPA Privacy Management Framework1 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
The reason why an entity seeks to collect, use, create, store and disclose the PI of a data subject. The purposes should be explicit, acknowledged by the entity in an agreement with affected data subjects, and the entity should not use the data subject's PI for other purposes not agreed to by the data subject.
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)

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