And what you need to know
The forthcoming EU Data Protection Regulation will require organizations to secure all
personal data they hold on European citizens. It is widely agreed that encryption is the best
way to comply with the regulation. If a breach occurs and you can show that the personal data
was encrypted, the likelihood of being fined should be very greatly reduced.
The new EU regulation in a nutshell
- The EU is currently finalizing their new Data Protection
regulation which will apply one consistent set of
requirements for all organizations that hold data
on European citizens. The legislation is very broad
and covers many aspects of personal data.
- In terms of personal data security, the proposed legislation
will require everyone who holds data on European citizens
to implement appropriate security measures to protect
the data, and have a clear data protection policy.
- Encryption is widely agreed to be the best data security
measure available as it renders the data unintelligible
to unauthorized parties in cases of data loss.
- Under the proposed legislation, if you suffer a
breach of personal data you can incur fines of
up to €100 million or 5% annual turnover.
- If you can show that the personal data was subject to
technological protection measures rendering it unintelligible
to unauthorized people (e.g. encryption), you don’t
need to notify affected data subjects of the breach.
- If you can show that the personal data was
encrypted the likelihood of being fined as a result
of a breach should be very greatly reduced.
- The European Parliament voted in favor of the proposed
Regulation by an overwhelming majority in March 2014.
- The Regulation still needs to go through further
steps before it becomes law. However, based on
the near-unanimous support so far, it is widely
anticipated that it will be adopted by 2015.
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Find out more about the upcoming EU data protection
regulation and see how SafeGuard Encryption can help your
company comply at www.sophos.com/EU
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