Pseudonymisation: do it yourself or outsource it? - Viacryp

Pseudonymisation: do it yourself or outsource it?

By now, everyone’s aware of it: the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect on 25 May 2018. In my work as a privacy consultant, I’m seeing many organisations struggling to take the right measures. Besides that, one of their major challenges appears to be this: how do you ensure that everyone in the organisation adheres to the measures and—above all—continues to do so? The vast majority of employees have enough on their hands just staying on top of their own tasks and processes. As a result, there isn’t enough time and attention left for taking every privacy rule into account.

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Opportunities and challenges around data-driven management - viacryp.jpg

Opportunities and challenges around data-driven management

This interview with Edwin Kusters was published on 19 May 2018 in Pulse Media Group’s special ‘Digitalisation of the Public Sector’, distributed by Elsevier Weekblad.

The digitisation of society is leading to increasing amounts of data becoming available. This creates opportunities for governmental organisations to carry out analyses and base policies on those results. The privacy rights of citizens must come first, however, says Edwin Kusters, founder of and technical director at Viacryp.

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