Data Residency
The physical or jurisdictional location where data is stored, which determines which laws govern that data.
Related terms
Controlled Cloud Environment
A secure, access-restricted cloud infrastructure with defined data residency and encryption used to process sensitive data.
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.
Data Minimization
The principle of collecting and processing only the data strictly necessary for a task, reducing exposure risk.
See Data Residency in practice
Questa AI anonymizes sensitive data before it reaches any AI model — across documents and live prompts, with governance and data-residency control.