Significant penalties for non-compliance<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u201dThe regulation features steep administrative sanctions, including substantial fines that are applicable whether an organization has intentionally or inadvertently failed to comply.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe GDPR also introduces a new concept of pseudonymous data, or personal data which have undergone pseudonymization. This is different from anonymized data, where the direct link to personal data is destroyed. With anonymized data, there is no way to re-identify the data subject and, therefore, it is outside the scope of the GDPR. However, this type of data may not be very useful in your application.<\/p>\n
As noted in the GDPR (Provision 28), \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The application of pseudonymization to personal data can reduce the risks to the data subjects concerned and help controllers and processors to meet their data-protection obligations. The explicit introduction of ‘pseudonymization’ in this Regulation is not intended to preclude any other measures of data protection.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
You can achieve data pseudonymization in a couple of ways. You can use a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153token\u00e2\u20ac\u009d such using as a separate look up table linking a person\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s name with a randomly generated identification number (e.g., \u00e2\u20ac\u015312345\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is the identifier for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153John Smith\u00e2\u20ac\u009d). You can also use encryption where a mathematical algorithm is utilized to protect the data of a natural person. If you lose the token or encryption key you essentially have anonymized data.<\/p>\n
If your organization pseudonymizes your data you will benefit from the relaxation of certain provisions of the GDPR, with respect to data breach notification requirements. The GDPR also encourages pseudonymizing in the interests of enhancing security and as a privacy by design measure.<\/p>\n
You will have very strong incentives to employ data pseudonymizing technologies under the GDPR to mitigate your compliance obligations and manage your risks. But bear in mind, while the GDPR considers both encryption or pseudonymization as safeguards, under Article 34, breach notification may be avoided if \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the controller has implemented appropriate technical and organizational protection measures\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6such as encryption.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
In the next blog, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll look at how the GDPR impacts IT and the use of Cloud Services. Future blogs will look at how Microsoft is responding to the GDPR and how our GDPR Framework for the Microsoft Cloud and the GDPR Baseline built into various CloudAtlas solutions can help you meet your GDPR compliance related to Microsoft Cloud Services such as Azure and Office 365.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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