Executive | January 22, 2018 (Updated May 30, 2024) 3 min to read

GDPR: Lesson 1, KNOW Your Data

In my previous post we explained how Veeam, as a Swiss-based company with many European customers, needs to be compliant with GDPR just like many other companies that handle data for European citizens.

I also promised that we would share our learnings to help you in your compliance process. Our lessons learned can be brought back to 5 key principles:

Know your dataManage the dataProtect the dataDocumentation and complianceContinuous improvement

Today, I want to go deeper on the first principle: Know your data.

The first essential step that you need to take is to determine if your organization has personally identifiable information (PII) of an EU resident. I have had several conversations with organizations which believed that ... Read more

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Danny Allan
Danny Allan

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Senior Vice President (SVP), Product Strategy