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Data Confidentiality - Protecting data from unauthorized access and ensuring only authorized parties can view it.
Plain Text - Unformatted text without styling or proprietary encoding, ensuring maximum longevity and interoperability.
Lifelogging - The comprehensive documentation of daily life through continuous capture of experiences, activities, and data.
Schema - A formal structure that defines the organization, constraints, and relationships of data within a system.
Offline-First - A software design approach where applications are built to work fully without an internet connection, treating connectivity as an enhancement rather than a requirement.
Data Minimization - The principle of collecting and retaining only the data that is necessary for a specific purpose.
A/B Testing - A method of comparing two versions of something to determine which performs better.
Visualization - Creating visual representations of data, concepts, or ideas to enhance understanding and communication.
Personal Data - Any information that can identify or be used to identify an individual person.
Provenance - The practice of tracking the origin, history, and chain of custody of information or artifacts to establish authenticity and trustworthiness.
Quantified Self - A movement and practice of using technology to track and analyze personal data for self-improvement.
Big Data - Datasets so large, fast-moving, or complex that traditional data processing methods cannot handle them effectively, characterized by volume, velocity, variety, veracity, and value.
Consent Management - The process of obtaining, recording, and respecting user permission for data collection and use.
Data Integrity - The accuracy, consistency, and reliability of data throughout its lifecycle.
Data Breach - A security incident where protected or confidential data is accessed by unauthorized parties.
Right to Be Forgotten - The right to have personal data erased when it's no longer needed or consent is withdrawn.
Data Privacy - The right and ability to control how personal information is collected, used, and shared.
Signal vs Noise - Distinguishing meaningful patterns from random variation or irrelevant information.
Life Tracking - The practice of systematically recording personal data about daily activities, habits, health, and life events over time.
Simpson's Paradox - A phenomenon where trends in aggregated data reverse when data is separated into subgroups.
Failure as Data - Treating each failure as an information point that refines understanding and strategy.
Surveillance Capitalism - An economic system built on the extraction and commodification of personal data to predict and influence human behavior for profit.
Mean, Median, and Mode - Three different measures of central tendency, each useful in different contexts.
N-of-1 Experiments - Self-experimentation methodology where you systematically test interventions on yourself to find what works for your unique biology and circumstances.
Data Availability - The assurance that data and systems are accessible when needed by authorized users.
Metadata - Structured data that describes, explains, and makes it easier to find and manage other data or content.
Standard Deviation - A measure of how spread out values are from the mean.
Digital Sovereignty - The ability to maintain control over your own digital life, data, and technology choices.
Data Ownership - The concept of having property-like rights over data you create or that pertains to you.
Data Literacy - Data literacy is the ability to read, understand, create, and communicate data as information for effective decision-making.

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