Data Protection vs Data Privacy

Organizations commonly believe that keeping sensitive data secure from hackers means they’re automatically compliant with data privacy regulations. This is not the case.Consider a scenario where you’ve gone to great lengths to secure personally identifiable information (PII). The data is encrypted, access is restricted, and multiple overlapping monitoring systems are in place. However, if that PII was collected without proper consent, you could be violating a data privacy regulation even though the data is secure.

Data Privacy Cannot Exist Without Data Protection