audit trail

Noun

Meaning

A formal, often computerized record or log of the financial transactions of an organization or system.

(by extension) A similar record of other activities, such as actions taken by a computer system, or changes made to a document.

Examples

Uncontrolled access to data, with no audit trail of activity and no oversight would be going too far. This applies to both commercial and government use of data about people. John Poindexter

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