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Azure DB GDPR Compliance Guide

Azure DB is a cloud-based database that provides robust security features to protect personal data and comply with the GDPR. The security features map directly to GDPR principles like lawfulness and purpose limitation by using authentication, policies, and encryption. Additional features help ensure data accuracy, storage limitation, integrity, accountability, and allow data subjects to exercise their rights in accordance with the GDPR. Overall, Azure DB offers a set of tools to help secure personal data and ensure its appropriate use and protection.

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Azure DB GDPR Compliance Guide

Azure DB is a cloud-based database that provides robust security features to protect personal data and comply with the GDPR. The security features map directly to GDPR principles like lawfulness and purpose limitation by using authentication, policies, and encryption. Additional features help ensure data accuracy, storage limitation, integrity, accountability, and allow data subjects to exercise their rights in accordance with the GDPR. Overall, Azure DB offers a set of tools to help secure personal data and ensure its appropriate use and protection.

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Azure GDPR

31 MARCH 2023

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a comprehensive set of data protection rules
and regulations that apply to all European Union (EU) citizens' personal data. Azure DB is a
cloud-based database management system that provides robust security features to protect
personal data. The following table outlines how Azure DB's security features map to the GDPR
principles.

Azure Security
GDPR Principle Feature How it meets GDPR Requirements

Azure AD authentication ensures that only authorized


Lawfulness, users can access personal data. It provides a secure,
Azure AD
fairness, and transparent, and auditable way to authenticate users,
authentication
transparency which is necessary to ensure that personal data is
processed lawfully and fairly.

Azure Policy provides a centralized way to define and


enforce policies across Azure resources, including
Purpose limitation Azure Policy Azure DB. It can be used to ensure that personal data
is only processed for its intended purpose, and not
used for any other purpose without explicit consent.

Azure DB provides data encryption at rest and in


transit to ensure that personal data is protected
Azure Data
Data minimization against unauthorized access. Data encryption helps to
Encryption
minimize the amount of personal data that is exposed,
and limits the impact of any potential data breaches.

Azure Data Quality provides a way to identify and


correct data quality issues, including inaccuracies in
Azure Data
Accuracy personal data. This helps to ensure that personal data
Quality
is accurate and up-to-date, which is essential for
compliance with the GDPR.
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Azure Data Retention provides a way to define and


enforce data retention policies for personal data. This
Azure Data
Storage limitation helps to ensure that personal data is not stored for
Retention
longer than necessary and is deleted when it is no
longer needed.

Azure Firewall provides a way to control network


traffic to and from Azure DB. This helps to ensure the
Integrity and
Azure Firewall integrity and confidentiality of personal data by
confidentiality
limiting access to authorized users and preventing
unauthorized access.

Azure Audit Logging provides a way to log and audit all


activity in Azure DB. This helps to ensure
Azure Audit
Accountability accountability by providing a record of who accessed
Logging
personal data, when it was accessed, and what changes
were made.

Azure API Management provides a way to expose


Azure API Azure DB resources as APIs. This enables data
Data subject rights
Management subjects to exercise their rights under the GDPR, such
as the right to access and delete their personal data.

In summary, Azure DB provides a comprehensive set of security features that can help
organizations comply with the GDPR. These features map directly to the GDPR principles and help
to ensure that personal data is protected, accurate, and used only for its intended purpose.

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