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data minimisation

noun/ˈdeɪtə ˌmɪnɪmaɪˈzeɪʃn/

C1CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

The principle that personal data must be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary for the purposes of the processing.

In line with data minimisation, the form no longer requested the applicant's date of birth.

Topic: Data protection & privacy in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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