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CNIL practice guide for the security of personal data (2024)

The French DPA’s security guide, 2024 edition: 25 factsheets in five parts (users, IT and equipment, control of data, preparing for an incident, focus pages on cloud, mobile apps, AI and APIs), each with the measures the CNIL considers the baseline for Article 32 and a change log against the earlier edition.

When to use itYou need a concrete list of baseline security measures to test a system or a supplier against.

Published by
CNIL (supervisory authority)
Written for
France
For
controllers, processors, developers
Cost
free
Languages
French, English
Provisions
GDPR Art. 32

Description by overview.legal; the tool itself is the publisher’s.

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