Glossary

A glossary of terminology used throughout the Transcend platform. These terms are typically highlighted in the documentation, where you can view the definition by hovering over it like so: (data subject).

data subject request

Also known as "DSR". Individual rights request, such as a request to access or delete personal data.

data subject access request

A request from an individual to obtain a copy of their personal data.

data subject

Any individual person whose data is being processed. Typically these are your users.

data silo

A store of data within your organization. This is any location where data is logically stored, like a database, a SaaS tool, an S3 bucket... or even a filing cabinet with paper documents!

datapoint

A data object inside a data silo. For example, the Lead object in Salesforce.

webhook

A notification from our system to yours.

purpose of processing

Why you are using this data. The purpose for collecting, storing, analyzing a type of data.

data category

What type of data this is. For example, credit card numbers have a "Financial" data category.