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2 questions in Data Access Models.

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A team masks national identity numbers inside each BI tool's data model so analysts see only the last four digits. Security asks them to move the masking into the warehouse instead. Why does the location of the rule matter more than the rule itself?

An analyst can query the customer table. A regulator asks whether she was allowed to use it for the marketing model she built. Role-based access answers one of those questions and not the other. What is the difference between role-, attribute- and purpose-based access, and what does purpose add?