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Data subject

The individual to whom personal data relates, the terminology used across GDPR and most global privacy frameworks. A deletion decision ultimately exists to serve, and be defensible to, the interests of the data subjects whose information is in scope, even though the decision itself is made by the organization.

Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 5 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in AI Data Governance: The Data Chair.

How each discipline defines it

The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.

AI Data Governance: The Data Chair

The individual whose personal data is being processed, the party who holds rights (including the right to erasure under GDPR Article 17 and comparable rights under other frameworks) with respect to that data. In this topic's Section 5 scenario, Diane is the data subject exercising her erasure right against Glenrock Credit Union.

AI Governance: Applied Mastery

The identified or identifiable living person that a piece of personal data describes. Consent archaeology is ultimately about what was promised to the data subjects, whose reasonable expectations the analysis must protect.

AI Data Governance: The Data Chair

The individual to whom personal data relates, the terminology used across GDPR and most global privacy frameworks. A deletion decision ultimately exists to serve, and be defensible to, the interests of the data subjects whose information is in scope, even though the decision itself is made by the organization.

AI Data Governance: The Data Chair

The GDPR term for the identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is being processed. In this topic's context, the person whose photo, text, or other personal data a model may have memorized, whether or not that person is aware their data fed the training set.

AI Governance: Applied Mastery

The identified or identifiable individual to whom personal data relates, and the person who can exercise rights such as erasure and restriction over it.

Where it is taught

The exact lessons this term appears in. The first 7 topics of every program are free with a free account.

Terms it appears with

Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.