Glossary: words you will meet in GoalCube
Short answer
The glossary explains the words used in GoalCube and in this help centre, with a couple of lines each and a link to the article on the subject.
| Word | Means |
|---|---|
| AI Act | The EU regulation on artificial intelligence (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689). |
| AI connection | An AI service that a user has given access to GoalCube with their passkey. You can see and disconnect it under Connect AI. See See and disconnect AI connections. |
| AI inventory | The list of your uses of AI. See The AI inventory. |
| AI literacy | The knowledge staff need to use AI responsibly (Article 4 AI Act). See The course. |
| Audit log | GoalCube's log of everything that has happened, which nobody can change or delete. See The audit log. |
| Connector | The connection that lets your AI use GoalCube (MCP). See Connect to Claude. |
| Customer number | Your company's number at GoalCube (GC- and 6 characters). It is under Settings > Account and data for administrators. Only used when you write to us. |
| Dataset | A table or a collection of documents under Personal data. See Datasets. |
| Entry | A use of AI in the AI inventory, with answers, level and status. |
| Error code | A code such as GC-7K3Q9MXA (GC- and 8 characters) that is shown when something goes wrong. Send it to contact@goalcube.eu. See Error code GC-…. |
| Fingerprint | A code (SHA-256) that changes if the content changes. Used in the audit log. |
| GDPR | The EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679). |
| Hash chain | The audit log's entries are chained together with fingerprints, so changes can be seen. See The audit log. |
| High risk | Use of AI in areas such as recruitment and employment (AI Act Annex III). See Risk levels. |
| Invoice | GoalCube's invoice for a payment. Only administrators can see it, under Plan. See Invoices. |
| Legal requirement | A rule that always applies and cannot be switched off. |
| MCP | Model Context Protocol – the standard AI services use for connectors. |
| Monday email | A short email to the administrators every Monday about what is waiting – only with Personal data or People decisions. Only the company name and counts, never data. Can be switched off. See The Monday email. |
| Passkey | Login with Face ID, fingerprint or a security key instead of a password. See Users and access. |
| Personal matter | [personal matter] is what the AI sees instead of, say, a word about health or trade union membership, when the word has been made broader. |
| Pseudonym | A code such as [PERSON_1] that the AI gets instead of the real value. See What does the AI see?. |
| Range | A column type: a number or date becomes a range, e.g. 3–5 years, before the AI gets it. See Adjust the protection per column. |
| Ready for the regulator | One figure under AI use, e.g. "4 of 6", that shows where you stand if the supervisory authority or an auditor asks. See AI use. |
| Recognition risk | How easily a person can be recognised without a name from the columns, e.g. age group, region and job title: low, medium or high. See Datasets. |
| Recommendation | A rule in the rule library that is good practice and can be switched off with a reason. See The rule library. |
| Revealing word | A word in free text that can point to a person even though the name is hidden, e.g. about health, trade union membership, "only" or "CFO". Marked in yellow at upload in text in Danish, English, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish and Polish. See Upload a table. |
| Rule set | GoalCube's rules for classification, with a version. See When the rules change. |
| Secret word | A word you choose yourself that is always hidden from the AI. See Secret words. |
| Shadow AI | Use of AI on your data without a record. See Use without a record. |
| Tasks | GoalCube's start page with everything that needs a person. Previously called the weekly list. See Tasks. |
| Timestamp | An independent proof of when the log looked a certain way (RFC 3161). |
| Vault | The place in the EU where your data and the key to the pseudonyms are stored (the Personal data package). |