AI engineering glossary · AI ethics law product
What is Data Principal?
Data Principal: Under India's DPDP Act, the individual to whom the personal data relates; for a child or a person with a disability, this includes the parent or lawful guardian acting on their behalf. These individuals have rights over their data, such as access, correction and erasure.
Data Principal: an example
A user of a fitness app is the data principal for the health and activity data the app collects about her.
Related terms
More AI ethics law product terms
- Data processor
- Data Protection Board of India
- Data protection impact assessment
- Data provenance
- Data residency
- Data subject
- Datasheet for datasets
- Deflection rate
Where you learn it
Data Principal is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.