Glossary

Privacy terms glossary

Plain-language explanations for encryption, tracking, compliance, and security concepts.

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Privacy by Design

Privacy

Building privacy protections into a product from the start.

data minimization privacy impact assessment access control
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Privacy Coin

Web3

A cryptocurrency designed to hide more transaction details.

blockchain crypto wallet tor network
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Privacy Dashboard

Privacy Settings

A place where you can see and control your privacy settings.

privacy settings opt out transparency
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Privacy Engineering

Privacy

Building systems that protect privacy in practice.

privacy by design security audit threat modeling
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Privacy‑Enhancing Technologies (PETs)

Privacy

Tools and methods that help protect privacy while still using data.

differential privacy tokenization secure multi party computation
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Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA/DPIA)

Privacy

A check to find privacy risks before launching something.

data minimization data protection officer risk assessment
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Privacy Notice

Privacy

A document that explains how a service uses your data.

privacy policy consent data controller
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Privacy Policy

Privacy

A document explaining how a service handles personal data.

privacy notice consent data retention
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Privacy Sandbox

Privacy

A set of browser ideas meant to reduce some tracking.

third party cookies behavioral advertising tracking

Privacy Score

Privacy

A rating that estimates how privacy‑friendly something is.

privacy settings privacy notice security audit
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Privacy Settings

Privacy

Controls that limit data collection and tracking.

app permissions mobile permissions third party cookies
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Privacy Shield

Law

An old EU–US data transfer framework that was invalidated.

standard contractual clauses gdpr jurisdiction
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Private Key

Encryption

A secret key that proves it’s you or unlocks encrypted data.

public key cryptography encryption key
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Probabilistic Tracking

Tracking

Guessing it’s you based on patterns, not a single ID.

tracking fingerprinting cross site tracking
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Proxy

Networking

A middle server that sends requests for you.

vpn tor network ip address
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Pseudonymization

Privacy

Replacing your identity with a label.

anonymization tokenization gdpr
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Pseudonymous Identifier

Privacy

An ID that doesn’t show your name but can still track you.

pseudonymization advertising id alias
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Public Key

Encryption

A key you can share so others can encrypt messages to you.

private key cryptography encryption key
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Purpose Limitation

Consent

Using data only for the reason you collected it.

lawful basis data minimization consent
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Push Notification MFA

Authentication

A login method that asks you to approve a sign-in on your phone.

multi factor authentication mfa fatigue authenticator app
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