Data Custody Definition

noun

The guardianship and protection of data from exploitation and abuse, during storage or transport, ensuring the security, integrity, and sovereignty of one's own data.

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Origin of Data Custody

data: borrowed from Latin data, nominative plural of datum (“that is given"), neuter past participle of dō (“I give")., custody: from Latin custodia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison"), from custos (“a keeper, watchman, guard"), (“a Roman Catholic warden of holy lands obsolete").

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