Attorney thanks security for privacy (4,10)
I believe the answer is:
data protection
'privacy' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'attorney thanks security' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'attorney' could be 'da' (district attorney) and 'da' is found within the answer.
'thanks' could be 'ta' (UK informal version of 'thank you') and 'ta' is located in the answer.
'security' could be 'protection' (protection is a kind of security) and 'protection' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for data protection that I've seen before include "safeguarding essential details" , "Privacy issue" .)