It’s easy to get lost or confused with the ever-growing list of acronyms in the world of data privacy and compliance. Here’s a list of commonly used privacy acronyms and their meanings:

Common data privacy acronyms

• DSR - Data Subject Request
• DSAR - Data Subject Access Request
• PII - Personally Identifiable Information
• PI - Personal Information
• SPI - Sensitive Personal Information
• NPI - Nonpublic Personal Information
• MNPI - Material Nonpublic Information
• DPIA - Data Protection Impact Assessment
• ROPA- Record of Processing Activities
• LDU - Limited Data Use
• RTBF - Right to Be Forgotten
• PbD - Privacy by Design 
  

Data privacy regulations acronyms:

• GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation (European Union)
• CCPA - California Consumer Privacy Act (state of California US)
• CPRA - California Privacy Rights Act (state of California US)
• PIPA - Personal Information Protection Act (Japan)
• PIPL - Personal Information Protection Law (China)
• POPIA - Protection of Personal Information Act (South Africa)
• COPPA - Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (United States)
• BIPA - Biometric Information Privacy Act (state of Illinois US) 
• CDPA - Consumer Data Protection Act (state of Virginia US)
• DPA - Data Protection Act (UK)
• LGPD - General Personal Data Protection Law (Brazil)
• PIPEDA - Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada)

Organizations and roles privacy compliance abbreviations

• DPA - Data Protection Authority
• DPC - Data Protection Commission
• ICO - Information Commissioner’s Office
• DPO - Data Protection Officer
• DPIA - Data Protection Impact Assessments
• SCC - Standard Contractual Clauses
• SAR - Subject Access Request
• EDPB - the European Data Protection Board
  

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