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Nigel Tozer, Solutions Marketing Director
EMEA, Commvault
E
nterprises around the world are
preparing to comply with GDPR, one of
the toughest data privacy regulations
in the world, when it takes effect on May
25 2018. Businesses need to be aware that
GDPR applies to companies worldwide, no
matter where they are based, if they handle
data concerning European citizens.
The definition of data is broad and
applies to any that can be used to identify
individuals, meaning hardly any personal
data won’t be covered by GDPR. Those
organisations collecting data or employing
third parties to do this on their behalf will
need to make sure they can demonstrate
compliance regarding how it will be used
and if they use it for an unsuitable purpose
they will be made to stop.
GDPR also requires public authorities that
are processing personal data to appoint a
data protection officer to monitor how it is
being used and many businesses will need to
do this too.
The regulations will require compulsory PIAs
(Privacy Impact Assessments) to take place
where there is a high risk of a data breach
and there is also a requirement to report
data breaches to the local data protection
authority within 72 hours of it being found.
All software and systems will need to deal
with stringent audit requirements which
mean that they will need to have the ability
to amend and permanently delete data if
requested by the data subject.
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Finally, data cannot be used for any other
purpose other than the one for which
explicit (not implied) consent was obtained.
Some technology companies, such as
Commvault, are helping businesses comply
with GDPR regulations. We spoke to Nigel
Tozer, Solutions Marketing Director EMEA
for Commvault, about the best approaches
to take when dealing with data and how to
tackle the requirements of GDPR.
How can enterprises obtain better
insight into their data?
It’s really important for your businesses to
profile its data, only then can you understand
your data well enough to secure, control
and effectively use it to generate value. In
addition to uncontrolled data-growth in
datacentres, enterprises also typically use a
mix of SaaS, third party services and multiple
clouds. On top of this you can add data on
laptops, which can also be considerable
depending on your type of business.
This growth and fragmentation makes it
even harder to get a handle on data, and for
many enterprises, it seems just too difficult
to try. While applications are usually well
managed, up to 80% of data in a typical
enterprise is unstructured and, according to
AIIM, this is where organisations accept that
the real problem lies. Profiling unstructured
data by content can provide insight into:
• Unsecured personal or sensitive data,
clearly important with rise in cyber crime
and global privacy regulations
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