data processor
- noun
- /ˈdeɪtə ˈprəʊsɛsər/
- Formal
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encargado de datos
- The company hired a data processor to assist in organizing and safeguarding customer data in compliance with legal standards.
Examples
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As a professional data processor, Sarah manages sensitive information for various clients while complying with data protection laws.
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Ubuntu, being free distributable software, there is no formal contract between the data subject and the data processor that could legally frame the Shopping Lens.
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The European Directive 95/46/EC is a piece of legislation put together by the European Parliament in 1995 precisely to regulate this kind of relationship between data subjects and data processors.
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Gail Wilson is a data processor who ensures that personal information is handled according to the GDPR guidelines.
How Technical
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is largely compositional: a learner who knows 'data' (information) and 'processor' will reasonably infer an entity that processes data. However, the specific legal sense (a person/company/service acting on behalf of a controller under data-protection law) and the possible ambiguity with the hardware sense of 'processor' make the exact meaning not fully predictable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Data processor comes from the simple idea of a processor who works on data: a company might give customer files to another firm to sort, store and manage. Think of that firm as a helper who handles someone else's information — that's why today a data processor means a person or company who works on personal data for another organization under the law.