data custodian Last modified: Thursday, March 13, 2008
In e-discovery terminology, the data custodian is usually the person responsible for, or the person with administrative control over, granting access to an organization's documents or electronic files while protecting the data as defined by the organization's security policy or its standard IT practices.
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