Surveys show that very few people choose passwords that are strong enough, and many prefer to use the same password on multiple, or even all, online platforms. Similarly to PIN codes, where 1-2-3-4 and other easily solvable combinations are the most popular ones, we are not careful enough about choosing the right passwords.
If users often do very little to protect themselves properly in the online environment, what service providers or data controllers can do to increase the security of data processing, subject to relevant data protection rules?
GDPR introduces integrity and confidentiality as an important principle of data protection. The principle of integrity and confidentiality means that “personal data shall be processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage, using appropriate technical or organisational measures.”
Maintaining integrity and confodentiality in practice can essentially be through the practical implementation of data security. To do this, it is necessary to design and develop the entire data management process in accordance with the principles of privacy by design and by default.