information Governance Glossary

European Parliament regulation on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data. It applies to all entities located in a European country that process personal data, as well as all entities across the world that process personal data belonging to EU residents.

"Information governance is the way in which a company organizes, manages and secures all the information circulating within it in order to build up an exploitable information capital. It is a discipline that relies on technologies, organizational methods and human activities. Specifications concerning the design and the operation of an information system for electronic information preservation, was the first ISO 14641 standard prepared by ISO Technical Committee 171 (ISO/TC 171) Document management applications, Subcommittee SC 3, General issues. The document was submitted as a French National Standard and was adopted as NF Z42-013:2009 in France. This part of ISO 14641 describes the methods and techniques to be used in an electronic information system for managing documents within an archive."

Area of work that involves reponsibility for checking wether a business is following official rules or laws.

GxP is an abbreviation for good practice, which refers to the series of laws, regulations, and guidance that govern various areas of the research, development, testing, manufacturing, and distribution of medicines.