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Introduction to Data Protection
Data Protection is the protection of personal data against unauthorized access, misuse, processing, or publication. Personal data is data that relates to a natural, identifiable person (for example, name, address, telephone number).
There are several worldwide data privacy laws, such as the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California's Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which are designed to safeguard individuals' privacy rights. These laws dictate that companies must obtain consent from individuals before collecting their personal information and must take measures to secure that information.
Penalties for non-compliance with data privacy laws can be severe, including heavy fines and damage to a company's reputation.
By implementing strong data privacy practices, you not only meet legal requirements but also gain the trust of your customers, employees, and other stakeholders. This can result in increased customer loyalty, improved brand reputation, and enhanced overall business success.
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Typical uses cases when you might be affected by a data protection guideline:
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And if you’re still not sure whether you should comply to certain guidelines, this might help:
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Many companies are under the misconception that GDPR/DSGVO only applies to them if they have physical establishments in the EU. In reality, GDPR/DSGVO applies to any company operating in the EU, regardless of its physical presence, and companies processing personal data of individuals in the EU, irrespective of their nationality. You can also read our article that explains and compares Data Privacy Laws. |
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The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was enacted on January 1, 2020, to protect any personal information that could be linked to California residents. So if you rule an entity that is in California or collects, shares or sells personal data of Californian residents, AND if these apply to your company:
you must be CCPA-compliant. |
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Explicitly for healthcare, the U.S. has passed a law called HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability) in 1996. Companies working in healthcare, healthcare providers such as hospitals, doctors, or even government programs such as Medicare, should check if their Jira and Confluence instance is HIPAA-compliant. You can do the HIPAA-compliance check here. |
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You can also read our article that explains and compares Data Privacy Lawsall over the world. And if you’re still not sure whether you should comply to certain guidelines, this might help: What is PII in general? |
Data protection and security has been an ongoing topic in business operations for years. But as soon as you seem to have a clear picture of what’s going on, there are new regulations and updates. So, is this a Sisyphean task? Not at all!
Compliance for Jira
Every user in Jira leaves a lot of personal data. Also, depending on the use of Jira, there can be a lot of personal data from customers. With the built-in modules of our Data Protection and Security Toolkit, you can be sure that you have full access to these data, provide information and change data.
Jira offers some built-in features for data protection: For example, it is possible to anonymize users’ names, but this process does not affect user mentions, simple text usage with usernames, or other personally identifiable information (PII).
All our modules are built for different scenarios that are possible to happen in relation to personal data. Our experience with banks and insurance companies led us to development of this solution for Jira.
So, if you want to rely on risk-free, data protection, find any PII types and also archived users and projects, this app is the one and only solution for you.
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Discover more information about Data Security, Data Residency and more in simple terms in our knowledge base! Also have a look at our regularly updated articles about Data Security, compliance in Jira, CCPA updates, GDPR requirements, comparisons, guides and more: Data Security Articles. |
Currently, we have 8 main modules for different Data protection needs:
Policies, Agreements, Notifications & Announcements | Data cleanup and anonymization | Security breach investigation |
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Very first step – App configuration
It is strictly required to configure the app before first use. Read about app’s configuration and required data App configuration