🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

protezione dei dati

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pɾotetˈtsjoːne dei ˈdaːti

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Data protection/ˈdeɪ.tə prəˈtɛk.ʃən/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La protezione dei dati personali è fondamentale nel web."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The process of safeguarding important information from corruption, compromise, or loss, especially personal data.

    "Strict data protection regulations ensure that user privacy is maintained across all digital platforms."
  2. 2

    Legal control over the access to and use of stored information.

    "The company appointed a specialized officer to oversee compliance with international data protection laws."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the Latin 'datum' (meaning 'given', from dare) and the Late Latin/French 'protectio' (from protegere, meaning 'to cover before' or 'to shield'). The compound term emerged in the late 20th century alongside the rise of digital computing and electronic information storage to denote legal and technological safeguards for individual privacy.

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