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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Using ASP.Net Core v2.2 ProtectKeysWithAzureKeyVault() data protection

Using ASP.NET Core 2.2 I'm trying to configure data protection such that I store the keyring in Azure Blob Storage and protect the keyring with a key stored in KeyVault. In my ConfigureServices() method I have: public void…
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Key encryption in ASP.NET Core

I am using Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection in ASP.NET Core 2.0 application for data protection. And for the default settings I have added below code in Startup.cs file public IServiceProvider ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) { …
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Error with StackExchange.Redis.Extensions and PersistKeysToRedis

I cannot use both StackExchange.Redis.Extensions and PersistKeysToRedis to services.AddDataProtection I get error on PersistKeysToRedis: cannot convert from 'StackExchange.Redis.IConnectionMultiplexer' to…
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configure DataProtectionProvider to work for both IIS, IIS Express and self hosted instances of an application

I a am trying to encrypt a string while running an application as self hosted using DataProtectionProvider. I then need to decrypt the string while the same application is hosted in IIS. I have found that this does not work. I get a…
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Privacy Policy of Google DialogFlow? (GDPR)

I was unable to find the answers on the dialogflow/google terms of use/privacy statement, so I ask here: Are all the Dialogflow API Servers located in the EU - i.e. do GDPR Rules apply here? is there a comprehensive information available which data…
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How do I know what package is trasmitting the Android advertising ID? (App removed from playstore)

Good afternoon everyone, Yesterday I've received a message from Google Play Store stating that my app was removed from app the app store due to: Issue: Violation of Usage of Android Advertising ID policy and section 4.8 of the Developer…
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Visual Studio cannot find the PersistKeysToRedis method of Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection

Visual Studio claims it cannot find the PersistKeysToRedis method described here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.aspnetcore.dataprotection.redisdataprotectionbuilderextensions.persistkeystoredis?view=aspnetcore-2.1 I am using…
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Error calling .ProtectKeysWithCertificate(cert) Method in IdentitySer4 Resource Server Implementation

services.AddDataProtection() .SetApplicationName("Report Book Resource Server") .PersistKeysToFileSystem(new DirectoryInfo(folderForKeyStore)) .ProtectKeysWithCertificate(cert); The last line ".ProtectKeysWithCertificate(cert);" returns error.…
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protectedDataAvailable always true

From what I understand, UIApplication.sharedApplication().protectedDataAvailable should return false when the phone is locked and protected data is enabled on the iPhone (apparently setting a passcode enables it). However, despite of the scenario,…
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How to hide plain text in program memory?

I'm writing program that load encoded string into memory and decode it with special algorithm. Sequences of program work: Load data from encoded file (base64 string) Decode base64 string to encoded data string (Rijndael 256) Decode encoded data…
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Will Data Protection feature also secure the sqlite file behind the scenes of Core Data?

And if not, how could I encrypt and protect my Core Data data? Thanks
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android activity protection from intent

I'm trying to develop an app with login and providing OTP(one time password) with connection to a web service, but while testing I was able to starting the activities through adb shell in the emulator even without logging in, i.e. by using fully…
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iOS Data Protection not working on already installed app

I want to turn on 'Data Protection' in my app. Also, I wanted to check whether it is working with existing apps since I did not use it initially. To test this I used developer provisioning profile. First I installed the previous app (DataProtection…
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Combining resources into a single binary file

How does one combine several resources for an application (images, sounds, scripts, xmls, etc.) into a single/multiple binary file so that they're protected from user's hands? What are the typical steps (organizing, loading, encryption,…
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Blackberry Content Protection and the Persistent Store

I have an application which stores data to the persistent store by setting the contents of the PersistentObject as a hashtable, e.g. saving preferences is done by entering strings as the keys and values of the hashtable and then setContents is…
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