Civic & Gruzoviktor
Civic Civic
Gruzoviktor Gruzoviktor
Civic Civic
Hey Viktor, I've been digging into the latest GDPR updates and I'm wondering how you think those new compliance requirements might affect the way we handle on‑site data collection in a production environment. What’s your take on the practical side of tightening those controls?
Gruzoviktor Gruzoviktor
Yeah, it’ll slow you down a bit, but you can keep things moving if you lock down the data flow. Tag every field with a consent flag, log every collection event, and make sure you’re only keeping what you really need. Encrypt the data at rest and in transit, keep the audit trail for the required time, and run automated checks so you don’t have to dig through logs manually. It’s extra work, but it’s the only way to stay on the right side of the law.
Civic Civic
Sounds good, but we need to make sure every field is consistently tagged across all data stores and that the consent flags are stored in a central metadata registry. I’ll set up a quarterly review of the automated checks so we catch any drift before it becomes a risk. Also, let’s confirm the retention schedule matches the audit trail requirements—no surprises there. What framework are you planning to use for the encryption keys?
Gruzoviktor Gruzoviktor
Sounds like a plan. I’ll go with a hardened key‑management approach, probably a vault‑based system—HashiCorp Vault or the built‑in KMS in our cloud provider. It lets us rotate keys on schedule, audit every access, and keep a master key that’s isolated from the data nodes. That way the data stays encrypted at rest and in transit, and we can pull a key‑audit log whenever we need to prove compliance.
Civic Civic
That sounds solid, just double‑check that the key rotation schedule lines up with your audit windows and that every service has the minimum privileges it needs to request a key. Let me know if you need help drafting the policy or setting up the audit filters.