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Questions tagged [data-protection]

Tag for questions relating to personal data protection, and legal issues regarding privacy.

The Data Protection Act (DPA) is law in most countries with a number of rules and regulations concerning personal and private data.

  • Data is processed fairly and lawfully
  • Data shouldn't be given away without permission
  • Data should be relevant and not excessive
  • Data should be accurate and up to date
  • Data should only be kept for as long as necessary
  • Individuals have the right to check data which is about them
  • Data should be securely kept
  • Data must not be transferred to another country without adequate data protection

People involved include the data subject - the person who the data is about and the data controller - the person in charge of handling the data.

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NSURLCache and Data Protection

I am trying to protect sensitive data stored in NSURLCache. My app's files and Core Data sqlite files are set to NSFileProtectionComplete. However, I am unable to change the NSURLCache files data protection level to anything other than…
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Xcode Data Protection

Ever since the release of Xcode 5.0, there has been a new edition of the Capabilities tab in the target settings of an Xcode project. It includes the ability to configure the entitlements on your projects App ID. One of the capabilities is Data…
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What do I need to know before I sell a software license?

I've developed a web-based application that a company is interested in licensing. I suspect they intend to appropriate the features they want, and add to their existing codebase, so a license is likely to be a one-time affair. Since it's interpreted…
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Default value of NSFileProtectionKey

What is the default value of the attribute NSFileProtectionKey? There are four possible values, but which one is the default…
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Unhandled exception. System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException: The key {....} was not found in the key ring

I am using VS 2022 with dotnet core web api and below is my code in Program.cs for data protection. string appName = "My_WebAPI"; var dataProtectionProvider = DataProtectionProvider.Create(appName); IDataProtector dataProtector =…
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Stop Google Mobile Ads SDK transfer private data on iOS

I successfully run ads in my app using the Google Mobile Ads SDK. Therefore I imported the following SDK frameworks into my Xcode…
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No XML encryptor configured - When using Key Vault

I have an netcoreapp2.2 containerized application that uses azure key vault to store keys and also uses: app.UseAuthentication(); And services.AddAuthentication(JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme) I am building/running a docker image in a…
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Why do iOS Data Protection delegates getting called multiple times?

While working on iOS, Objective C, I found the delegate of UIApplicationDelegate, applicationProtectedDataDidBecomeAvailable is getting called multiple times after device unlocked. What could be the possible…
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Youtube iframe API no-cookies GDPR compliance

There's a few subjects on this already but none seem to give a definitive answer to the problem I am faced with. I am implementing youtube videos on a website using the youtube iframe api with the following code : this.player = new…
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protect docker container and\or volume from accidental deletion

we have a docker container (mongodb) we are using, with volume mount to store data persistently. I would like to protect the container and\or volume from accidental deletion by commands 'docker volume prune' or even just 'docker volume rm' any…
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ASP.NET Core Data Protection - how to manage expired key?

According to ASP.NET Key Management, Deleting a key is truly destructive behavior, and consequently the data protection system exposes no first-class API for performing this operation. Is the expired key still being used to unprotect data…
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Consent for sharing data with a third party [GDPR]

Do you need to obtain explicit affirmative user consent to send their data to a third party? Currently we have a form on our website for users to fill out to register interest in our service. This data is then stored in our own database, but it is…
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How to decrypt(offline) value that is protected by SQL Server AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_256

It is possible to manually decrypt value that is encrypted by sql server always encrypted mechanizm? I mean how to decrypt column value that is encrypted by AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_256 algorithm. I have encryption key(in other topic I was asking…
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ASP.NET Identity Cookie across subdomains on .Net and Core

I have many application which is hosted on main domain and sub domains: Website A, ASP.NET (.Net Core 2.0) at www.example.com Website B, ASP.NET MVC (4.7 .net Framework) at site.example.com Website C, ASP.NET Identity (.Net Core 2.0) at…
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What's the best method to protect login cookie data in PHP?

I'm creating a login system in PHP, and I want to know how to best protect the user information string in my cookie. I was thinking of encrypting the string with a key somehow? Is this the best way? I'm kinda new to this. Thanks in advance.
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