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Regulations and compliances

Regulations & Compliances#

Table of Contents

GDPR#

EU's General Data Protection Regulation.

A European law that established protections for privacy and security of personal data about individuals in European Economic Area (“EEA”).

  • https://www.gdpreu.org/the-regulation/
  • PII anonymization
  • applicable to
    • Companies that do business in the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA)

Ref:

  • https://www.gdpreu.org/the-regulation/key-concepts/personal-data/
  • https://linfordco.com/blog/gdpr-soc-2/

CCPA#

California Consumer Protection Act

  • https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa
  • PII de-identification
  • applicable to
    • Companies that do business in the United States of America

Ref: - https://www.termsfeed.com/blog/ccpa/

GDPR vs CCPA#

  • https://www.termsfeed.com/blog/gdpr-anonymization-versus-ccpa-de-identification/

SOC2#

System & Organization Control

https://soc2.co.uk/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_and_Organization_Controls

  • https://cloud.google.com/security/compliance/soc-2
  • https://www.onelogin.com/compliance/soc-2-type-2
  • https://linfordco.com/blog/gdpr-soc-2/

Type of Data#

Personal Data (PII)#

Pseudonymous Data#

Anonymous Data#

PII Anonymization/Deidentification Techniques#

  • https://help.branch.io/using-branch/docs/best-practices-to-avoid-sending-pii-to-branch
  • Hashing of personally identifiable information is not sufficient
    • https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2019/07/20/hashing-pii-does-not-protect-privacy/
    • https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/16294
      • https://dl.gi.de/bitstream/handle/20.500.12116/16294/sicherheit2018-04.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
    • quantum computing
      • https://medium.com/meeco/why-hashed-personally-identifiable-information-pii-on-the-blockchain-can-be-safe-b842357b9663
  • https://blog.littledata.io/2016/08/03/personally-identifiable-information-pii-hashing-and-google-analytics/
  • https://www.imperva.com/learn/data-security/data-obfuscation/

  • https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/how-crackers-make-minced-meat-out-of-your-passwords/

  • sha256 hashing is ideal

  • ways to increase the effort of an attacker
    • choose slow algo
    • use salt/padding

Data Masking#

  • replace the PII with general values, which are still unique