By popular demand, we are pleased to share that a comprehensive guide to GDPR has been added to our documentation. We hope it becomes a useful resource in your journey towards building GDPR-compliant applications in Appfarm Create.
As always, we appreciate all feedback, so don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions or improvement suggestions.
The GDPR provides clear guidelines on what can and cannot be done, as well as how to inform users about what data is being stored and the purpose of this. However, the regulations also state that there is an obligation to secure the data where it is stored, to ensure that sensitive information is not exposed. Typically, this means that data such as email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, and other contact information must be encrypted before being stored.
I wish Appfarm could offer a built-in solution for this. For instance, if I mark a property of an object as sensitive, there should be an option to indicate that the data in that field should be encrypted and stored using a key from secrets. The same key could then be used to decrypt the data for display purposes. Is this something you have considered implementing in Appfarm?
Hi Lars!
All data stored in Appfarm is automatically encrypted on disk. More info here: Platform Security & Compliance | Appfarm Policies
Is this what you are asking for?
Yes, I wasn’t aware of this, which is a bit embarrassing. Thank you for clarifying! 