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Data Controller - The entity that determines the purposes and means of processing personal data, bearing primary responsibility for data protection compliance.
End-to-End Encryption - Encryption where only communicating parties can read messages, not even service providers.
Data Confidentiality - Protecting data from unauthorized access and ensuring only authorized parties can view it.
Local-First - Software design where data lives primarily on your devices, with cloud as optional sync.
Spyware - Malware that secretly monitors user activity and collects sensitive information without consent
Data Exhaust - The passive trail of data generated as a byproduct of digital activities, often captured and analyzed without explicit user awareness.
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.
Privacy by Design - Building privacy protections into systems from the start rather than adding them later.
Encryption - The process of encoding data so only authorized parties with the correct key can read it.
Personal Data - Any information that can identify or be used to identify an individual person.
Adware - Software that automatically displays or downloads unwanted advertisements, often bundled with free programs
Zero Knowledge - A principle where service providers cannot access user data, even if they wanted to.
Consent Management - The process of obtaining, recording, and respecting user permission for data collection and use.
Digital Hygiene - The routine practice of maintaining digital security, privacy, and organization through regular habits like updating software, managing passwords, cleaning data, and reviewing permissions.
Purpose Limitation - The principle that personal data should only be collected for specified, explicit purposes and not processed in ways incompatible with those purposes.
Data Breach - A security incident where protected or confidential data is accessed by unauthorized parties.
Accountability Principle - The requirement that organizations not only comply with data protection rules but must also demonstrate their compliance through documentation and evidence.
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.
Surveillance Capitalism - An economic system built on the extraction and commodification of personal data to predict and influence human behavior for profit.
Data Processor - An entity that processes personal data on behalf of and under the instructions of a data controller.
Data Security - The practices, technologies, and policies that protect digital information from unauthorized access, corruption, or theft throughout its lifecycle.
Federated Learning - A distributed machine learning approach where models are trained across multiple decentralized devices or servers holding local data, without exchanging raw data.
Data Protection Impact Assessment - A systematic process to identify and minimize data protection risks of a project or system before it is implemented.
Self-Hosted - Running services on infrastructure you control rather than relying on third-party providers.
Blind Carbon Copy - An email feature that sends copies to recipients without revealing their addresses to other recipients.
Keylogger - Software or hardware that records keystrokes to capture passwords, messages, and other sensitive data
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.
GDPR - The European Union's comprehensive data protection regulation that sets strict rules for how organizations collect, store, and process personal data.
Informed Consent - The process of obtaining permission from individuals based on clear understanding of what they are agreeing to and its implications.

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