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Risk Big Data: The secure and legally compliant deletion of data no longer concerns only IT or data managers, but many departments and employees. (Image: Depositphotos.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Companies are collecting more and more diverse data and using more and more channels to interact with their customers. Not infrequently, this results in fragmented data silos that can only be broken up and centralized with great effort. Against this backdrop, there is a great danger that inaccurate, incomplete, and outdated data sets will be created, reducing the meaningfulness and timeliness of the insights gained in analyses.<\/p>\n

Risk Big Data<\/h2>\n

The complexity has also increased in legal terms - keyword: EU Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO). This also relates in particular to the question of data deletion. According to a Blancco study<\/a>a specialist in data maintenance, almost all (96 percent) of the more than 1,800 companies surveyed worldwide have guidelines for handling and deleting data. However, most companies fail to communicate these regulations comprehensively to their employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sensitive data can fall into the wrong hands<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Against this backdrop, many companies have a feeling of false security when it comes to handling data - especially when it comes to deleting it. As the study further shows, this often takes the form of the purely physical destruction of data media or deletion or formatting processes. However, simply formatted hard disks are comparatively easy to recover, and this can potentially lead to sensitive data falling into the wrong hands.<\/p>\n

A similar risk also exists when employees leave the company or obsolete laptops, desktops, hard drives or server hardware are earmarked for disposal. According to the study, around half of all old devices are disposed of by third-party providers and are thus removed from the company's direct sphere of influence. If the devices are stored for a long time before being deleted, or if there is insufficient documentation of what data has been securely deleted, companies can quickly find themselves in need of explanation.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Institutionalize data competence and create clear responsibilities<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The mere formulation of guidelines for compliance and data protection as well as for handling and deleting data is not sufficient against this background. Companies that work with data and its analysis also need clear personnel responsibilities for the topic of data competence and data security - for example in the form of a CDO (Chief Data Officer or Chief Digital Officer) - above and beyond the mere text of the regulations. This person is responsible for the implementation of the relevant guidelines, drives their compliance and implementation, and calls for or communicates the processes required for this.<\/p>\n

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How to delete data securely and in compliance with the law\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n