Definitions
Legal terms carry regime-specific definitions with controlling sources; operational terms carry plain-language working definitions from technical authorities. The two tiers are kept separate.
Legal terms
Personal data
TDPSA, Business and Commerce Code chapter 541. Confirm exact definitional section at drafting. Related guides: LG01, LG02.
Sensitive data
TDPSA chapter 541. Confirm exact section at drafting. Related guides: LG02, LG14.
Consumer
TDPSA chapter 541. Confirm exact section at drafting. Related guides: LG01, LG03.
Controller
TDPSA chapter 541. Related guides: LG02, LG37.
Processor
TDPSA chapter 541. Related guides: LG02, LG37.
Process or processing
TDPSA chapter 541. Related guide: LG02.
Consent
TDPSA chapter 541; distinguish from TCPA/FCC consent (LG40) and COPPA verifiable parental consent (LG11). Related guides: LG04, LG40.
Child
regime-specific. COPPA: under 13 (15 U.S.C. 6501; 16 C.F.R. part 312). TDPSA: under 13 for consent provisions. SCOPE Act: known minor. Do not merge. Related guides: LG11, LG12, LG13.
Biometric data
TDPSA sensitive-data category, chapter 541. Related guide: LG14.
Biometric identifier under CUBI
Business and Commerce Code section 503.001, with the exact subsection exceptions in 503.001(b-1), (e), (f) per C11: images an individual made public, training use, unique identification, security or fraud, later repurposing. No blanket training exemption. Related guide: LG14.
Precise geolocation data
TDPSA sensitive-data category. Related guides: LG14, LG21.
Sale of personal data
TDPSA chapter 541. Related guides: LG02, LG08.
Targeted advertising
TDPSA chapter 541. Related guides: LG02, LG08.
Profiling
TDPSA chapter 541, including decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects. Related guide: LG03.
Decision producing a legal or similarly significant effect
TDPSA chapter 541. Related guide: LG03.
Deidentified data
TDPSA chapter 541 treatment; NIST SP 800-188 as technical reference (not a legal definition). Related guides: LG36, LG38.
Pseudonymous data
TDPSA chapter 541 treatment. Related guide: LG36.
Publicly available information
TDPSA chapter 541. Related guide: LG02.
Third party
TDPSA chapter 541. Related guide: LG37.
Authenticate
TDPSA (consumer-request authentication, LG03). Confirm section at drafting.
Affiliate
TDPSA chapter 541. Confirm section at drafting.
Personal identifying information
Texas Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act, Business and Commerce Code chapter 521. Related guides: LG22, LG24.
Sensitive personal information
chapter 521 breach-notification context. Related guide: LG24.
Breach of system security
chapter 521. Related guide: LG24.
Data broker
Business and Commerce Code chapter 510 (current retrieved broker chapter per C01). Related guide: LG05.
Personal health record** and **PHR related entity
FTC Health Breach Notification Rule, 16 C.F.R. part 318. Related guide: LG17.
HIPAA covered entity** and **Business associate
45 C.F.R. parts 160, 164. Related guide: LG16.
Protected health information
45 C.F.R. part 160. Related guide: LG16.
Education record
FERPA, 20 U.S.C. 1232g. Related guide: LG19.
Consumer report
FCRA, 15 U.S.C. 1681a. Related guide: LG18.
Trade secret** and **Misappropriation
Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act; companion link to https://texas-ip-law.com/guides/trade-secrets/trade-secret-law-in-texas/. Related guides: LG36, LG38.
Personal data under GDPR
EU GDPR Article 4(1). Related guide: LG42.
Joint controller
EU GDPR Article 26. Related guide: LG42.
Pseudonymisation under GDPR
EU GDPR Article 4(5). Related guide: LG42.
Personal data breach under GDPR
EU GDPR Article 4(12). Related guide: LG42.
Operational and analytical terms
Data governance
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Data management
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Information governance
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Data lifecycle
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Data owner
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Data steward
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Data custodian
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Metadata
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Business glossary
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Data dictionary
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Data catalog
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Data inventory
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Data map
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Lineage
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Provenance
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
System of record
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Authoritative source
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Master data
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Reference data
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Data quality
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Retention trigger
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Legal hold
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Archive
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Defensible disposition
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Media sanitization
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Cryptographic erase
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Data product
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Technical data contract
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Privacy engineering
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Privacy by design
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Differential privacy
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Synthetic data
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Federated learning
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Embedding
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Vector index
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Feature store
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Model unlearning
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Dracula Data
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Inference theft
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.
Concentrated protection
Working definition to be drafted from identified technical or professional sources (DAMA, NIST, IAPP, DATAVERSITY, UK ICO). Not a statutory definition.