Data governance is a framework for managing corporate data through establishing strategy, objectives, and policy. It consists of processes, policies, organization, and technologies to ensure availability, usability, integrity, consistency, auditability, and security of data. Implementing data governance addresses the needs of different groups requiring different data definitions, ethical duties regarding privileged data, organizing data inventories, and staying compliant with rules and other databases. Data governance is important for increasing customer demands, adapting to technology and market changes, and addressing increasing data volumes and quality issues.