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data controller

data controller noun: a nominated person who determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal data is to be processed. (under the Data Protection Act).

Noun

data controller (plural data controllers)

  1. (UK) A nominated person who determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal data is to be processed. (under the Data Protection Act)
  2. (dated) A clerk who scheduled batch jobs on a mainframe computer, and who distributed printed output

Forms of data controller

pluraldata controllers

Questions about data controller

What does data controller mean?
Data controller means a nominated person who determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal data is to be processed. (under the Data Protection Act).
What part of speech is data controller?
Data controller is a noun.
What is the plural of data controller?
The plural of data controller is data controllers.

Words near data controller in the dictionary

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  2. data communications
  3. Data Communications Equipment
  4. Data Communications Equipments
  5. data compression
  6. data controller
  7. data controllers
  8. data coupling
  9. data couplings
  10. data cube
  11. data cubes

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