Which of the following BEST enables an IT privacy practitioner to ensure high quality and accurate personal data collection?

The correct answer is A. Implementing appropriate data validation mechanisms. Implementing data validation mechanisms is the most direct technical control for ensuring data quality and accuracy at the point of collection. Validation rules (e.g., format checks, range checks, required fields, duplicate detection) prevent incorrect, incomplete, or malformed…

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AImplementing appropriate data validation mechanisms
BConducting an annual data inventory and review of data process flows
CPerforming periodic reviews of data repositories and access management
DIdentifying risk scenarios related to record mismatching and personal harm

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A
95% (21)
B
5% (1)

Explanation

Implementing data validation mechanisms is the most direct technical control for ensuring data quality and accuracy at the point of collection. Validation rules (e.g., format checks, range checks, required fields, duplicate detection) prevent incorrect, incomplete, or malformed data from entering systems in the first place, addressing the problem proactively. Annual data inventories (B) and periodic repository reviews (C) are retrospective activities that identify issues after the fact. Identifying risk scenarios (D) is a risk assessment activity. None of these preventively enforce accuracy the way real-time validation does at the collection layer.

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