data protection

Noun

data protection (usually uncountable, plural data protections)

1. (attributive, often, usually) The act or process of protecting data from unauthorized use by ensuring security and privacy through consciously chosen and enforced rules and methods.
   • The links were mostly to newspaper articles and public records, and Google refused to comply, but with the “right to be forgotten” enshrined as a key objective of the European Union’s 2011 data protection strategy, more and bigger cases are likely to follow.2011 April 19, Sumit Paul-Choudhury, “Digital legacy: The fate of your online soul”, in NewScientist
   • The train company did not breach data protection law for publishing the clip during the so-called traingate controversy.2017 July 12, Katie Mansfield, “Virgin Trains cleared of rumbling Jeremy Corbyn with traingate CCTV clip”, in Daily Express

   Synonyms:

   data privacy

2. (capitalized, often, usually) The business function (team, department, squad, etc) that leads others in their performance of this act or process.
   • This proposal has to be cleared by Legal, Human Resources, and Data Protection before it can proceed further.