How businesses can prove data has been deleted after receiving a request from a data regulator
The right to have your personal information deleted under California’s CCPA and the equivalent in the EU’s GDPR data law means that businesses holding sensitive data must be ready to comply with a request.
Most businesses are aware of CCPA, GDPR, the UK’s Data Protection Act and equivalent laws around the world, but implementing data deletion and proving it is an entirely different challenge.
For businesses seeking to prove their data deletion is being done, audit trails and correspondences between employees need to be reviewed. Should a business be asked by a data regulator to demonstrate that information has been removed, some companies may not have the tools to accurately show it.
With data erasure becoming an important factor for businesses to stay legally compliant with various data laws, there are a number of market solutions for secure data erasure.
Verity Systems recently launched a new DD Imager suite, which enables operators to audit their entire data destruction process from A-Z, allowing businesses to create audit trails and prove data is destroyed. By using an imaging device connected to a hard drive destroyer or degausser, it is now possible to record the whole process of the data destruction cycle and export certificates that showcase the hard drive that was erased securely.
While hard drive degaussing and destruction may not be considered by all businesses, the cost effective method of data destruction using a hard drive degausser and/or destroyer along with a data imaging suite, provides a secure way to demonstrate data has been removed.
Another factor when considering the impact of complying with data laws is how a company’s data policy aligns with that of the regulator. By having an in-house data destruction capability, and ensuring that older hard drives no longer in use are destroyed and disposed of, the risks associated with data breaches of older systems or archived data is considerably reduced or eliminated altogether.
If you are considering whether data destruction is right for your business, get in contact with our team today and discover what solution may be most suitable for your needs: [email protected]
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