GDPR

Protect personal data and your reputationm by combining GDPR responsiveness with resilient BDR strategy.

Under GDPR, safeguarding personal data isn’t optional it’s foundational. For effective compliance, your backup and recovery systems must be secure, responsive, and capable of honoring individual rights at scale. VITS empowers you with a Backup & Disaster Recovery framework designed for GDPR-level trust and protection.

GDPR Expectations for Backup & Recovery

Security by Design (Articles 25 & 32)

GDPR requires organisations to implement “appropriate technical and organisational measures,” including encryption, pseudonymisation, and measures to ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, and availability of personal data systems. Recovery must be timely and regularly tested.

Restoration and Resilience (Article 32)

Personal data must be accessible and recoverable without delay, even after system failures or cyberattacks.

Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten” – Article 17)

Though production data must be deletable, GDPR acknowledges the technical constraints of backups. Guidance indicates that data can remain in backups if it cannot be removed individually, but it must be securely managed and eventually overwritten in accordance with retention policies.

Manageability for Data Subject Rights

Organisations must be able to locate, restore, modify, export, and delete personal data as requested by data subjects, even if it resides in backups.

Risk-Based Retention & Location Control

Backups must reflect the sensitivity of data frequency, location, retention settings, and scope must all align with GDPR principles. The ICO specifically expects off-site backups, regular testing, and retention levels tied to data importance.

How VITS Delivers GDPR-Compliant BDR

VITS GDPR BDR Strategy in Practice

Evaluate your backup and recovery systems against GDPR requirements, identifying gaps in encryption, recoverability, or data retention.

Implement GDPR-aligned backups: encrypted, immutable, and structured to support erasure and data portability.

Conduct regular recovery exercises, simulate erasure workflows, and document outcomes to prove readiness.

Maintain audit-ready logs, compliance dashboards, and support for ongoing GDPR obligations, such as SARs (Subject Access Requests).

Ensure backups are held according to your documented lifecycle and securely replaced or destroyed when no longer required.

GDPR Compliance with Peace of Mind

GDPR is as much about recovering with purpose as it is about protecting in the moment. Let VITS help you embed compliance into your Backup & Disaster Recovery so you can satisfy data subject rights, satisfy regulators, and operate with unwavering confidence.

Contact VITS today to schedule your GDPR-aligned BDR audit and strengthen both your resilience and compliance.

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GDPR FAQs

GDPR affects any organisation that processes the personal data of EU citizens, regardless of where the business is based. It requires businesses to handle personal information securely, transparently, and lawfully, with significant fines for non-compliance.

Non-compliance can result in heavy fines and reputational damage. Following GDPR builds customer trust, ensures legal compliance, and helps organisations handle personal data responsibly and transparently.

Compliance involves steps such as mapping data flows, updating privacy policies, obtaining proper consent, securing systems, and appointing a Data Protection Officer (DPO) where required. Regular reviews and audits are also essential.

Yes. GDPR applies to all organisations processing personal data, no matter their size. SMEs must ensure compliance but can scale processes appropriately to match their operations.