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Glossary
154 terms for people controlling their own data, from the right to privacy (1890) to today.
Each term has the approximate year it appeared and the sources it comes from. Open “Sources” for the full references.
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Definitions are written from the cited sources, in plain English, and are reviewed as the field moves; suggest a correction below. Terms and years begin with Appendix A of Becker, M. J. (2024). Predicting personal information management systems use [Doctoral dissertation, Golden Gate University].
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