"data controller" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: data controllers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} data controller (plural data controllers)
  1. (UK, law) A nominated person who determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal data is to be processed. (under the Data Protection Act) Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-data_controller-en-noun-zxgmiKRd Categories (other): British English, Law Topics: law
  2. (dated, computing) A clerk who scheduled batch jobs on a mainframe computer, and who distributed printed output Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-data_controller-en-noun-K13En3qB Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68 Disambiguation of People: 38 62 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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