Data Privacy Laws
National and regional statutes — GDPR, HIPAA, and equivalents — governing how personal data may be collected and processed.
Related terms
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)
The EU's data-protection law governing how personal data is collected, processed, and protected, with strict penalties for violations.
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
The U.S. law setting standards for protecting patient health information, including from unauthorized exposure to AI tools.
Data Governance
The framework of policies and accountability that determines how data is collected, protected, and used across an organization.
Data Leakage
Unintended or unauthorized exposure of sensitive data, often occurring when confidential files are pasted into public AI tools.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Technology and policies designed to detect and prevent sensitive data from being lost, misused, or accessed by unauthorized users, including AI tools.
Data Masking
Replacing sensitive data elements with realistic but fictional values, preserving usability while hiding the real information.
See Data Privacy Laws in practice
Questa AI anonymizes sensitive data before it reaches any AI model — across documents and live prompts, with governance and data-residency control.