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Privacy, data protection & cybersecurity compliance · Working

Right to portability

Also called: data portability

ELI5

A person's conditional right to receive or transfer personal data in a usable format.

Used in conversation

“Do not describe right to portability as agreed until the operative document says so.”

Pitch context

You will see “Right to portability” in board papers, contracts, policies, risk registers and compliance reports when the discussion reaches privacy, data protection & cybersecurity compliance.

Why it matters: In privacy, data protection & cybersecurity compliance, a loose definition can change rights, obligations, approval, disclosure or enforceability.

Caution

Meaning, enforceability and required process vary by jurisdiction and agreement; this definition is not legal advice.

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