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UK-US data bridge glossary of terms (Annex H)

Published 21 September 2023

A

Term
AAA	American Arbitration Association
AG	Attorney General
AGG-DOM	Attorney General Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations
ALJ	Administrative Law Judge
APEC	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

B

Term
BIPA	Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act

C

Term
CAT	Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
CBPR	Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules
CCPA	California Consumer Privacy Act
Certified US Organisation	US organisation which is contained on the UK List
CIA	Central Intelligence Agency
CJEU	Court of Justice of the European Union
CLOUD [ACT]	Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act
CLPO	Civil Liberties Privacy Officer
COMINT	Communications Intelligence
COPPA	Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
CPCLO	Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer
CPRA	California Privacy Rights Act 2020
CRC	Convention on the Rights of the Child
CRPD	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

D

DCI	Director of Central Intelligence
DHS	Department of Homeland Security
DIRNSA	Director, National Security Agency
DNI	Director of National Intelligence
DSIT	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
DoC	US Department of Commerce
DoJ	US Department of Justice
DoT	US Department of Transportation
DPA	Data Protection Authority
DPA 2018	UK Data Protection Act 2018
DPF	EU-US Data Privacy Framework
DPF List	The EU–US Data Privacy Framework List of organisations certified to the DPF
DPF Principles	EU-US Data Privacy Framework Principles
DPF website	Data Privacy Framework
DPRC	Data Protection Review Court
DRAS	Dialing, Routing, Addressing and Signalling

E

ECOA	Equal Credit Opportunity Act
ECPA	Electronic Communications Privacy Act
ECS	Electronic Communication Services
ECSP	Electronic Communication Service Providers
ELINT	Electronic Intelligence
EO	Executive Order
ePHI	Electronic protected health information
EU	European Union

F

FBI	Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCRA	Fair Credit Reporting Act
FISA	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
FISC	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
FISCR	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
FISINT	Foreign Instrumentation Signals Intelligence
FOIA	US Freedom of Information Act 1966
FRCP	Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
FSA	False Statements Act
FTC	US Federal Trade Commission

G

[EU] GDPR	General Data Protection Regulations (as set out under EU law)
[UK] GDPR	General Data Protection Regulations (as retained in UK domestic law)
G7	Intergovernmental political forum the ‘Group of Seven’

H

HIPAA	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HR	Human Resources

I

ICCPR	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICDR	International Centre for Dispute Resolution
ICERD	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
ICESCR	International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
ICO	UK Information Commissioner’s Office
IG	Inspector General
IOB	Intelligence Oversight Board
IRS-CI	Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation
ISO 27001	International standard to manage information security
ITA	International Trade Administration
ITO	Intelligence Transparency Officer

J

K

L

M

MLAT	Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty

N

NCND	Neither confirm nor deny
NCTC	National Counterterrorism Center
NIPF	National Intelligence Priorities Framework
NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework
NSA	National Security Agency
NSL	National Security Letters
NYDFS	New York Department of Financial Services

O

OACP	Office of Aviation Consumer Protection
ODNI	Office of the Director of National Intelligence
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OIG	Office of Inspector General
OMB	Office of Management and Budget
OPCL	Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties
OPR	Office of Professional Responsibility

P

PCLOB	Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
PIA	Privacy Impact Assessment
PIAB	President’s Intelligence Advisory Board
PIOB	Public Interest Oversight Board
PPD-28	Presidential Policy Directive-28

Q

R

Recipient Organisation

Organisation to which a certified US organisation transfers personal data received under the UK Extension

S

SARS	Suspicious Activity Reports
SCA	Stored Communications Act 1986
SHIELD Act	New York Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act
SIGCOM	National Signals Intelligence Committee
SIGINT	Signals Intelligence

T

TGA	Trusted Government Access

U

U.S.C	US Code
UK Data Subject	Individual whose personal data is transferred from the UK to a certified US organisation using the UK Extension
UK Extension	UK Extension to the EU- US Data Privacy Framework
UK List	The list of organisations certified as able to receive data from the UK under the UK Extension
UK Organisation	An organisation in the UK which transfers personal data to a certified US organisation under the UK Extension
US	United States of America
USIC	US Intelligence Community

V

W

X

Y

Z