An organization want to develop an application programming interface (API) to seamlessly exchange personal data with an application hosted by a third-party service provider. What should be the FIRST s

The correct answer is C. Data mapping. Data mapping is the process of identifying what personal data exists, where it originates, how it flows, and where it is destined. Before building an API to exchange data with a third party, the organization must first understand what data is involved, its classification, and the

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An organization want to develop an application programming interface (API) to seamlessly exchange personal data with an application hosted by a third-party service provider. What should be the FIRST step when developing an application link?

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AData tagging
BData normalization
CData mapping
DData hashing

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A
6% (2)
B
3% (1)
C
78% (28)
D
14% (5)

Explanation

Data mapping is the process of identifying what personal data exists, where it originates, how it flows, and where it is destined. Before building an API to exchange data with a third party, the organization must first understand what data is involved, its classification, and the intended data flows between systems. This foundational step informs all subsequent decisions, including what fields to expose, what transformations (normalization) are needed, what security controls (hashing, encryption) apply, and what compliance obligations exist. Without data mapping, subsequent technical steps like normalization or tagging would be premature and potentially flawed.

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#Data mapping#API integration#Personal data exchange#Third-party data sharing

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