ISO 27018:2025 - PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION IN CLOUD SERVICES
Following the guidelines provided, organizations can ensure that their customers’ data is protected.
What are the advantages?
- Privacy by design: it imposes practices to minimize the collection and use of personal data.
- Compliance with privacy laws: it supports compliance with GDPR and other data protection regulations.
- Reduction of data breach risks: it introduces specific controls to prevent unauthorized access and data loss.
- Transparency towards users: it provides mechanisms to clearly notify how data is collected, stored, and processed.
What are the benefits?
- It strengthens users’ trust in cloud services.
- It improves the management of customers’ sensitive data.
- It helps prevent legal sanctions related to privacy violations.
Who does it apply to?
- Public cloud providers
- SaaS providers
- Hosting providers
- Data centers
- IT service providers