andmehalduses

Andmehalduses is the Estonian term for data management, referring to the discipline of handling data as an organizational asset. It encompasses the planning, control, and execution of activities that ensure data is accurate, accessible, secure, and used in compliance with laws and policies.

Key areas include data governance, data quality management, metadata management, data lifecycle management, data security and privacy, and data integration and interoperability. Practices involve defining data owners and stewards, establishing data classifications, implementing data catalogs, documenting data lineage, setting retention schedules, and applying change management.

In a legal context, data handling must comply with GDPR within the EU, and in Estonia it often aligns with state data exchange standards such as X-Road to enable controlled sharing while preserving privacy. Standards commonly referenced in andmehalduses include DAMA-DMBOK for governance, ISO 8000 for data quality, and ISO/IEC 27001 for information security.

In both public administration and private sector analytics, andmehalduses supports reliable reporting, informed decision making, and efficient service delivery.