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data custody

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Estuary English/ˈdeɪtə ˈkʌstədiː/

data custody noun: the guardianship and protection of data from exploitation and abuse, during storage or transport, ensuring the security, integrity, and sovereignty of one's own data.

Noun

data custody (uncountable)

  1. The guardianship and protection of data from exploitation and abuse, during storage or transport, ensuring the security, integrity, and sovereignty of one's own data.
    • Many small businesses are forced into being cost-conscious, and their decisions around data custody may eventually translate to long-term setbacks.

Questions about data custody

What does data custody mean?
Data custody means the guardianship and protection of data from exploitation and abuse, during storage or transport, ensuring the security, integrity, and sovereignty of one's own data.
What part of speech is data custody?
Data custody is a noun.
How do you pronounce data custody?
Data custody is pronounced /ˈdeɪtə ˈkʌstədiː/ (Estuary English).

Words near data custody in the dictionary

  1. data controllers
  2. data coupling
  3. data couplings
  4. data cube
  5. data cubes
  6. data custody
  7. data dictionaries
  8. data dictionary
  9. data division
  10. data divisions
  11. data domain

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