# Data governance

Concept · [Cloud, hosting and security](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud)

Also called: data policy, data stewardship, data ownership

The rules and responsibilities for how an organization's data is collected, stored, used and protected. Companies often need it in place before adopting AI tools.

**For example:** Before rolling out an [AI assistant](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/chatbot), a hospital decides which data it may read and who approves new uses.

## Connects to (7)

- [Data lineage](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-lineage): A record of where a piece of data came from and every step that changed it along the way.
- [Access control](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/access-control): Rules about who can see or change what in a system.
- [Data privacy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-privacy): How a company collects, uses, stores and shares information about people.
- [AI use policy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ai-use-policy): An organization's rules for which AI tools its people may use and what information they may put into them.
- [Data integrity](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-integrity): Whether data stays accurate, complete and consistent over time.
- [Data warehouse](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-warehouse): A central database that collects copies of data from many business systems so it can be analyzed and reported on in one place.
- [ISO/IEC 27001](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/iso-27001): An international standard for running an information security management system.

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