AI engineering glossary · AI ethics law product
What is data controller?
Data controller: Under the GDPR, the organisation that decides why and how personal data is processed. It carries the main legal responsibility for compliance, and must have contracts with any processors acting for it.
Data controller: an example
An online retailer that decides to use order data to recommend products is the controller for that processing.
Related terms
More AI ethics law product terms
- Data Fiduciary
- Data flywheel
- Data minimization
- Data Principal
- Data processor
- Data Protection Board of India
- Data protection impact assessment
- Data provenance
Where you learn it
Data controller is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.