Data Roles and Responsibilities

Last updated Feb 27, 2023

• Data
• Sapling
• Security

A data governance policy describes the security controls that will be applied to protect data at each stage of its data life cycle.

• Data Owner
  • Responsible for labeling the asset and ensuring it is protected with appropriate controls. The owner also typically selects a Data Steward and Data Custodian and directs their actions and sets the budget and resource allocation for sufficient controls.
• Data Steward
  • Responsible for ensuring data quality
• Data Custodian
  • Responsible for managing the system on which the data is stored
• Data Privacy Officer
  • DPO
  • responsible for oversight of any Personally Identifiable Information assets managed by the company
• Data Controller
  • Usually organizational role
  • Entity responsible for determining why and how data is stored, collected, and used
  • Ensures these purposes and means are lawful
• Data Processor
  • Usually organizational role
  • Responsible for following the instructions of a data controller with regard to collection or processing