Privacy Models

Data Inventory Record

A data inventory can be represented as source, purpose, and owner records. Honesty note: simplified privacy and cybersecurity model; jurisdictions vary; the pinned first step states the as-of date; not legal advice.

highlighted = computed this step

Privacy model honesty note

Honesty note: simplified privacy and cybersecurity model; jurisdictions vary; as of June 24, 2026; not legal advice; code encodes a stated structural model, not the law itself.

privacy model as of June24,2026\text{privacy model as of }June 24, 2026

Inventory starts as records

The stated process models data inventory as source, purpose, and owner rows. It does not decide whether any processing is allowed.

source plus purpose plus owner\text{source plus purpose plus owner}

Example inventory rows

The toy inventory includes account, telemetry, and contact rows. The query has 4 recomputed tokens.

query tokens=4\text{query tokens}=4

The retrieval table recomputes support

A data inventory is a record set. This toy inventory has 3 records and 3 token-supported rows.

records=3,support=3\text{records}=3,\quad \text{support}=3

Diagram note

The diagram is an inventory table. Rows are provenance pointers for review, not privacy-law conclusions.

inventory row is not conclusion\text{inventory row is not conclusion}

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes the stated structural model, not the law itself.

Simplified privacy data inventory recordsrowfieldvaluequerytokensdata,source,purpose,ownerquerycount4supportcount3supportabstainFalsescopejurisdictionclassroomscopesource_typeinventoryrecord accountrank1record accountmatch4 of 4record accountfilterpassrecord accountciteToy Inventory 1record accountsnippetAccount data source application purpose service owner product.record telemetryrank3record telemetrymatch4 of 4record telemetryfilterpassrecord telemetryciteToy Inventory 2record telemetrysnippetTelemetry data source device purpose security owner platform.record contactrank2record contactmatch4 of 4record contactfilterpassrecord contactciteToy Inventory 3record contactsnippetContact data source form purpose support owner operations.

Summary

A privacy workflow should expose the inventory rows before deciding what source, policy, or human review is needed.

inventory before review\text{inventory before review}