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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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iphone/ipad : How to Enforce Apple Security Policy through iOS Application?

Can anyone Help me , How to enforce apple Security Policy in my application , Problem/Objective : i want to enforce a pass code in start of my application , so My Application Data is secured , is there any method , i can do that ? Thanks Much…
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How are cookie queries handled on Read the Docs?

How are cookie queries handled on Read the Docs? Currently, Google Analytics can be used for Read the Docs documentation. However, a cookie is set for this. In order for this to be compliant with the DSVGO/GDPR (European Data Protection Act), a…
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applicationProtectedDataDidBecomeAvailable does not get called after locking device for over 2 minutes

My app depends on applicationProtectedDataDidBecomeAvailable being called but i've noticed that if I lock my device and wait for around 3 minutes and unlock it then applicationProtectedDataDidBecomeAvailable doesn't get called. Also when does…
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ASP.Net Core Data Protection API in a Clustered Environment

I'm having difficulty understanding the Data Protection API. I'm wanting to set up some net core web applications in a clustered environment (service fabric). Previously what you'd do is just ensure that each machine has the same key in its…
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How to protect images.xcassets from stealing?

Basically I'm developing an application containing several copyrighted images (those images belong to the society I'm working for) and I'm looking for a way to protect or prevent users to access those images (for instance: via iFunBox or iFile on…
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How to use Data Protection with Core Data?

I'm developing an iOS 7 and above app that uses Core Data, and I was given the requirement of encrypting the persisted data. I'm using an SQLite database behind the scenes. I've been reading about Data Protection feature in iOS Technology Overview…
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Data Protection API in iPhone Not Encrypting

I need to secure my data in Documents Directory so I have used Apple Data Protection API. Apple Asset I Enabled Data Protection in Settings App. Settings->General->Passcode Lock On I Write the file Using the NSDataProtectionKey [data…
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Data Protection and Web 2.0 Web sites

Many countries now have data protection legislation which afford individuals the rights to: request that an organization hand over all information they hold on the individual and to request that any information held on the individual is…
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Protect SWF before compiling

GOOGLE is full of so called SWF encrypters/obsfucators/lockers. But 99% of them cause bugs in complex applications. In applications with imported 3D libraries or that use external files. Or in complex applications with thousands of lines of code…
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Which NoSQL database can protect data?

I'm writing application on C# (WPF) for Windows. I need to store data for this application (in database, i think). But i need to secure this data (from modification). I'm planning to distribute this application, so filesystem protect doesn't fit for…
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Protecting an Image from downloading by Right-Click

EDIT: In response to many comments I do know that there is no sure fire way to fully protect an image from being downloaded. This method is to prevent the casual user from downloading by simple right click. The best way probably would be simply…
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Protect sensitive data in-memory using C#

I have a C# application which initializes some variables with sensitive data. They are not password, but we consider them sensitive though. The variable values I want to protect are all of string type. What I am trying to do is to find a mechanism…
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Protect a string in my .NET app?

In one of my .NET apps I must "validate" my program to a library with a license key. But everyone who peeks into my assemblies can get the key... This does not affect me but I do care about the creator(s) of the library. I don't wish to "leak"…
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asp.net core data protection key encrypt

In this link : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy/linux-nginx?view=aspnetcore-5.0#data-protection it says "If data protection isn't configured, the keys are held in memory and discarded when the app restarts.", and I don't…
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What is the strategy of data-protection key rotation with multiple pods?

I used services.AddDataProtection().PersistKeysToFileSystem(path).ProtectKeysWithAzureKeyVault(authData). to encrypt data-protection keys. In 24 hours since deployment no new data-protection key was generated. This means that until the current…
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