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Unauthorized Data Access
When an individual, system, or AI model views or processes sensitive data without proper permission.
Related terms
Sensitive Data
Any personal, financial, medical, or commercially confidential information that could cause harm if exposed without authorization.
UK GDPR & Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018)
The UK's post-Brexit data protection framework, mirroring EU GDPR principles while operating under separate national enforcement.
Unstructured Data
Free-form information — documents, calls, emails — that lacks a predefined format and often hides sensitive content.
See Unauthorized Data Access in practice
Questa AI anonymizes sensitive data before it reaches any AI model — across documents and live prompts, with governance and data-residency control.