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transparency

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

Visibility

Definitions:

  A privacy principle (FIPP) that addresses an organization's practices for conveying information regarding policies and practices with respect to PII, and providing clear and accessible notice regarding creation, collection, use, processing, storage, maintenance, dissemination, and disclosure of PII.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2022 from OMB Circular A-130 (2016)

  Amount of information that can be gathered about a supplier, product, or service and how far through the supply chain this information can be obtained.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-161r1-upd1 [11/1/2024 errata update] under Visibility from ISO/IEC 27036-2:2014 - adapted

  A property of openness and accountability throughout the supply chain. 
Sources:
NISTIR 7622 under Visibility