Glossary

Below is a list of terms and definitions used in this documentation.

A

• Access Reuqest: a record which allows to manage the lifecycle of a request to access information on how personal data are managed by a data subject. A specific process and workflow in Privacy-Now® support this management.
• Action: any activity performed by the organization in order to manage any other process supported by Privacy Now® (i.e. access requests, audits, consents, data breaches, issues, non conformities, privacy impact assessments, records of processing activities). Privacy Now® allows to record and support the lifecycle of actions.

D

• Data subject: a natural person whose personal data are managed by the organization.

G

• Group: a set of people which can be assigned to a profile to grant specific privileges to manage a process (e.g. Actions management). See Users & Groups for more information on how to manage groups.

L

• Login: TBD

O

• Organization: the organisation using Privacy Now® to manage data subjects' personal data.

P

• Personal data: it means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

U

• User: TBD

V

• View: a showing a list of records concerning a specific management process (e.g. Actions). It is possible to access to views from the left menu of the application. See also How To for more information on how to use views.