Retention

An acronym for Data Leak Prevention or Data Loss Prevention. A type of security that prevents sensitive data, usually files, from being shared outside the organization or to unauthorized individuals within the organization. This is done usually through policies that encrypt data or control sharing settings.

An acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This is an American law that sets national standards and regulations for the transfer of electronic healthcare records. Under HIPAA, patients must opt in before their healthcare information can be shared with other organizations.

In the context of the GDPR, Appropriate Safeguards refers to the application of the GDPR's data protection principles to data processing. The GDPR's data protection principles include transparency, data minimization, storage limitation, data quality, legal basis for processing, and purpose limitation.