🚪
Access Control
Security
Enforcement of permissions on resources and actions.
authorization
least privilege
rbac
Glossary
Privacy terms glossary
Plain-language explanations for encryption, tracking, compliance, and security concepts.
411 terms
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🎟️
Access Token
Session Management
Bearer credential used to authorize API requests; should be short-lived and scoped.
refresh token
authorization
single sign on
⛔
Account Lockout
Authentication
Control limiting authentication attempts by locking accounts or requiring additional verification after repeated failures.
brute force attack
rate limiting
password manager
🧩
Account Recovery
Authentication
Processes and factors used to re-establish account access after loss of credentials.
two factor authentication
password manager
account takeover
🚨
Account Takeover (ATO)
Threats
Unauthorized control over a user account.
credential stuffing
phishing
two factor authentication
💸
Ad Fraud
Threats
Manipulation of digital advertising measurement and delivery (click fraud, impression fraud, attribution fraud).
ad tracking
analytics
botnet
🎯
Advertising Tracking
Tracking
Data collection for targeting, attribution, and measurement.
tracking
advertising id
third party cookies
🧠
Adaptive Authentication
Authentication
Authentication that adjusts required steps based on computed risk from contextual signals and behavior.
risk based authentication
multi factor authentication
device fingerprint
🆔
Advertising ID
Tracking
Platform-provided identifier intended for advertising measurement and targeting.
behavioral advertising
app analytics
telemetry
🤖
EU AI Act
Privacy
EU regulation establishing a risk-based framework for AI governance.
ai data privacy
ai privacy risk
gdpr
🤖
AI Data Privacy
Privacy
Privacy controls and governance for data used to train, fine-tune, and run AI systems.
ai act
ai privacy risk
data minimization
⚠️
AI Privacy Risk
Privacy
Risk category covering inference, re-identification, memorization, and sensitive attribute extraction.
ai data privacy
algorithmic bias
biometric data
✂️
Air Gap
Security
Physical isolation of a system from untrusted networks to reduce remote attack surface.
endpoint security
malware
secure boot
⚖️
Algorithmic Bias
Privacy
Systematic error or unfair disparity introduced by data, modeling, or deployment choices.
ai privacy risk
data ethics
behavioral profiling
🎭
Alias
Privacy
Alternate identifier used to reduce linkability while preserving account functionality.
disposable email
data minimization
doxxing
📊
Analytics
Tracking
Collection of telemetry for measurement and optimization.
tracking
ad tracking
privacy notice
🫥
Anonymity Set
Privacy
Set of indistinguishable subjects given an attacker’s observations and prior knowledge.
tor network
k anonymity
anonymization
🕶️
Anonymization
Privacy
Transforming data to eliminate identifiability, ideally irreversibly.
pseudonymization
de anonymization
differential privacy
🕵️
Anonymous Mode
Privacy
Feature set aimed at reducing identifiability within a specific service context.
incognito mode
vpn
tor network
🧼
Antivirus
Security
Endpoint protection that detects, quarantines, and remediates malicious code using signatures and behavior analysis.
malware
trojan
endpoint security
🗝️
API Key
Security
Static credential used to authenticate/identify an API client; should be scoped, rotated, and protected.
access control
authorization
rate limiting
📊
App Analytics
Tracking
Instrumentation capturing usage events and metrics from a mobile application.
analytics
telemetry
advertising id
🧩
Application Permissions
Privacy
OS-managed capability grants to apps.
mobile permissions
location tracking
biometric data
🇯🇵
APPI
Privacy
Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information regulating personal data handling.
gdpr
pipl
dpdp