Episode 152 — Data Clutter & Data Privacy: Databases and the privacy risks they entail
Episode 152 of the Data Privacy Detective podcast, hosted by Joe Dehner - Global Data Privacy Lawyer, titled "Episode 152 — Data Clutter & Data Privacy: Databases and the privacy risks they entail" was published on December 14, 2023 and runs 19 minutes.
December 14, 2023 ·19m · Data Privacy Detective
Summary
Data clutter – we keep our homes tidy, at least some of us do. But what about digital data? It accumulates and grows over time. Unlike hard copy files, which can be pitched or sent to long-term (expensive) storage, data is silent and unobservable (except perhaps to IT personnel).Explore how organizations amass vast amounts of data containing personal information, some highly sensitive. There it resides, posing serious risks to organizations and individuals.In Episode 152 Jason Cassidy, CEO of Shinydocs (https://shinydocs.com ), takes us on a tour of data clutter. Learn the vast amounts of unintended data gathered and kept by businesses that don’t need it, how this can be managed, how personal privacy can be more secure through state-of-the-art data management. Consider how data can be auto-classified on creation, how files can be better located with data breach risk minimized. Hear an industry expert’s top tips about data management for organizations and individuals. Make it a new year’s resolution to de-clutter, to data-minimize, to control fileshares, to design privacy-centric creation, retention, and storage of digital data. Time stamps:01:10 — What info do organizations typically store in their databases?07:20 — What risks to our personal privacy are posed by data clutter? 14:48 — Tops tips to organizations for dealing with data clutter16:53 — Tops tips to individuals for dealing with data clutter
Episode Description
Data clutter – we keep our homes tidy, at least some of us do. But what about digital data? It accumulates and grows over time. Unlike hard copy files, which can be pitched or sent to long-term (expensive) storage, data is silent and unobservable (except perhaps to IT personnel).
Explore how organizations amass vast amounts of data containing personal information, some highly sensitive. There it resides, posing serious risks to organizations and individuals.
In Episode 152 Jason Cassidy, CEO of Shinydocs (https://shinydocs.com ), takes us on a tour of data clutter. Learn the vast amounts of unintended data gathered and kept by businesses that don’t need it, how this can be managed, how personal privacy can be more secure through state-of-the-art data management. Consider how data can be auto-classified on creation, how files can be better located with data breach risk minimized. Hear an industry expert’s top tips about data management for organizations and individuals. Make it a new year’s resolution to de-clutter, to data-minimize, to control fileshares, to design privacy-centric creation, retention, and storage of digital data.
Time stamps:
01:10 — What info do organizations typically store in their databases?
07:20 — What risks to our personal privacy are posed by data clutter?
14:48 — Tops tips to organizations for dealing with data clutter
16:53 — Tops tips to individuals for dealing with data clutter
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