Why Data Protection Is Essential in Cybersecurity

According to a recent study by the digital association Bitkom, attacks from the Internet are increasingly causing problems for companies. This is because increasing digitization and networking through Industry 4.0, artificial intelligence and the resulting huge amount of data offer cyber attackers more and more opportunities to hack into companies and obtain information. Those who do not pay extensive attention to the topic of data protection in this context will be in big trouble. Since the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in 2018, companies face heavy penalties if they fail to comply with data protection rules. The regulation provides for fines of up to 20 million euros or four percent of global sales in the previous fiscal year in the event of violations. Only recently, many hundreds of millions of euros in fines were imposed in Europe on companies that did not handle customer data carefully enough.

GDPR

As soon as data is stored and used, the GDPR takes effect. According to data protection law, the processing of personal data by public authorities or companies is only permitted if a law allows the specific data processing or the person affected by it has consented to it. If neither applies, the processing of personal data is prohibited. However, agreeing on all these rules is often not at all easy. This is due, for example, to the fact that systems often recognize correlations without any human intervention, question results that have arisen and improve themselves for further results, resulting in constant change.

Data protection software as a solution

Therefore, it is even more important to ensure consistent compliance with the given regulations. The LocateRisk analysis covers basic data protection violations on all your websites - for example, it checks whether advertising cookies are active or third-party scripts are integrated.

For deeper investigations, the data protection software wwwschutz, developed in 2017, offers a solution. The software checks websites and helps to avoid cookies. Websites are screened in this framework from the first to the last page. Extensive expert checks ensure a particularly high level of legal security in addition to the automatic system.As a result of each check, each company receives a well-founded data protection report with problems found, suggested solutions and, of course, the data protection declaration and a cookie list. There is also the option of a Pro Check, which includes manual expert checks.

Online quick test

The online GDPR check tests websites in seconds. The free test runs through a part of the website with a scanner and spits out the result directly.
The findings show whether or not action is required and whether cookie tools are working correctly. The quick test can be accessed here: https://wwwschutz.de/#online-tool
Only those who take the issue of data protection seriously in the long term and invest in appropriate solutions can guarantee their customers the best possible protection and also safeguard themselves against corresponding sanctions.