Tech & Compliance Glossary

General Data Protection Regulation. A regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy in the European Union and the European Economic Area. It also addresses the transfer of personal data outside the EU and EEA areas.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. A US federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient's consent or knowledge.

Large Language Model. A type of artificial intelligence algorithm that uses deep learning techniques and massively large data sets to understand, summarize, generate and predict new content.

System and Organization Controls 2. An auditing procedure that ensures your service providers securely manage your data to protect the interests of your organization and the privacy of its clients.

Open Worldwide Application Security Project. A nonprofit foundation that works to improve the security of software, famous for their "Top 10" list of critical security vulnerabilities.

Model Context Protocol. An open standard that enables developers to build secure, two-way connections between their data sources and AI-powered tools, allowing AI models to access contextual data reliably.