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Data Compliance

What is Data Compliance?

Adherence to laws, regulations, and organizational policies governing the collection, storage, processing, and sharing of data.

Privacy and Data Protection

What the standards actually require on data compliance

Requirements naming data compliance across 4 standards, quoted from the control text.

EU Data Act1 control

Article 17 sets the formal requirements for Article 14 requests (clear specification, proportionality, Article 15 grounds, publicly available rationale).

DA-Art.17_18_19 · Requests for data, compliance and PSB obligations (Articles 17-19) →

A person with management or control of plant with a presence-sensing safeguarding system must keep a record of safety integrity tests, inspections, maintenance, commissioning, decommissioning, dismantling or alterations for five years, or for the life of the p...

australia-model-code-of-practice-managing-the-risks-of-plant-in-the-workplace::6.1b · 6.1 Keep presence-sensing and good practice plant records →

For every data asset holding sensitive data, compliance with data controls is monitored through metrics and automated notifications, the metrics being calculated from how far the other CDMC key controls are implemented.

edm-council-cdmc-cloud-data-management-capability-framework::KC1 · Key Control 1: Data Control Compliance →

In line with the characteristics and uses of the AI system or service, secure the accuracy and, where needed, the recency of the data used for training (appropriateness of the data);

japan-ai-guidelines::C2.3 · 2)(3) Proper training →

Questions people ask about data compliance

What is Data Compliance?
Adherence to laws, regulations, and organizational policies governing the collection, storage, processing, and sharing of data.
Why is Data Compliance important for compliance?
Data Compliance is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding data compliance helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Data Compliance?
Data Compliance appears in the requirement text of EU Data Act, Australia Model Code of Practice: Managing the Risks of Plant in the Workplace, EDM Council CDMC - Cloud Data Management Capability Framework, Japan AI Guidelines. Across these standards we have identified 4 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Data Compliance?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how data compliance applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

See how Data Compliance applies across compliance frameworks

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