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Data privacy examples

IBM Big Data Hub

An online retailer always gets users’ explicit consent before sharing customer data with its partners. A navigation app anonymizes activity data before analyzing it for travel trends. The user can accept or reject each use of their data individually. The app heavily encrypts all user financial data.

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GDPR personal data explained

Collibra

According to the definition under GDPR , personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable person known as a data subject. Unrelated pieces of information, which when collected together can lead to the identification of a particular person, are also considered personal data. Location data .