๐Ÿ“˜ Guide

Data Discovery and Classification

Guides ยท Fundamentals

You can’t protect, give rights over, or report on data you can’t see. Discovery finds personal data across your estate; classification labels it โ€” and together they make the rest of privacy compliance computable.

Discovery

Connect your databases, warehouses and SaaS apps and inventory where data lives โ€” including shadow data and copies. Manual inventories go stale immediately; automated discovery keeps up with change.

Classification

Label each field by category โ€” personal data, financial, health, children’s, biometric, credentials, and so on. Good classification is high-precision: a reliable rule-based layer, enriched (not overridden) by AI.

Why it’s the foundation

Once data is classified, applicable regulations, risk, retention and rights fulfilment can be derived automatically โ€” instead of guessed. It’s the first step of every serious program.

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This guide is general information, not legal advice.