docs/site/deployment/Deploy-for-GDPR-readiness.md
This document is intended to help you in your preparations for GDPR readiness. It provides information about features of LoopBack that you can configure, and aspects of the product’s use, that you should consider to help your organization with GDPR readiness. This information is not an exhaustive list, due to the many ways that clients can choose and configure features, and the large variety of ways that the product can be used in itself and with third-party applications and systems.
Clients are responsible for ensuring their own compliance with various laws and regulations, including the European Union General Data Protection Regulation. Clients are solely responsible for obtaining advice of competent legal counsel as to the identification and interpretation of any relevant laws and regulations that may affect the clients’ business and any actions the clients may need to take to comply with such laws and regulations.
The products, services, and other capabilities described herein are not suitable for all client situations and may have restricted availability. IBM does not provide legal, accounting, or auditing advice or represent or warrant that its services or products will ensure that clients are in compliance with any law or regulation.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been adopted by the European Union (“EU”) and applies from May 25, 2018.
GDPR establishes a stronger data protection regulatory framework for processing of personal data of individuals. GDPR brings:
The following sections provide considerations for configuring LoopBack to help your organization with GDPR readiness.
The GDPR legislation requires that personal data is strictly controlled and that the integrity of the data is maintained. This requires the data to be secured against loss through system failure and also through unauthorized access or via theft of computer equipment or storage media.
LoopBack Overview
LoopBack is an open source Node.js framework that allows you to create REST APIs and connect to the backend resources, such as database and Web services.
It is important to note that it is developer's responsibility to design and configure their LoopBack application using the GDPR Privacy By Design as guidelines.
It is developer's responsibility to design and configure their LoopBack application using the GDPR Privacy By Design as guidelines to support Data Privacy.
It is developer's responsibility to design and configure their LoopBack application using the GDPR Privacy By Design as guidelines to support Data Security.
LoopBack is a development framework that does not collect any data nor does it send any of it back to IBM. The LoopBack framework facilitates the connection to backend resources, such as databases and Web services, where identity data is stored. However, the framework itself does not store actual data.
Important: LoopBack 4 is in developer preview. How its application configuration data reside and is being used may be subjected to change. More information will be provided once the code has stabilized.
LoopBack clients can submit online comments/feedback/requests to contact IBM about LoopBack subjects.
Regarding getting support from IBM as open source community users or paid customer support, LoopBack users might be asked to provide a sample application and output/debug logs for problem reproduction and problem determination. It is important to note that personal data is not needed for this purpose. If there is personal data included in the application, they should be removed or deidentified before sending it to IBM Support.
For supporting the community users through GitHub, please keep in mind that it is a public platform and anyone who has access to World Wide Web is able to view it. If there is personal data included in the application, it should be removed or de-identified before sending it to IBM Support.
Typically, only the client name and email address are used, to enable personal replies for the subject of the contact, and the use of personal data conforms to the IBM Online Privacy Statement.
LoopBack is a development framework that does not collect any data nor does it send any of it back to IBM. It is the LoopBack developers/users' responsibilities to ensure the data collection is GDPR compliant and protect their own data.
For details, refer to the GDPR Privacy By Design guidelines from the GDPR official Web site.
LoopBack is a development framework that does not collect any data nor does it send any of it back to IBM. It is the LoopBack developers/users' responsibilities to protect their own data.
See the references below for securing the data:
https://www.ibm.com/security/services/data-security
https://www.ibm.com/security/campaign/gdpr
LoopBack is a development framework that does not collect any data nor does it send any of it back to IBM. It is the LoopBack developers/users' responsibilities to determine the role and access rights to their own data.
For details, refer to the GDPR Privacy By Design guidelines from the GDPR official Web site.
LoopBack is a development framework that does not collect any data nor does it send any of it back to IBM. It is the LoopBack developers/users' responsibilities to protect their own data.
See the references below for securing the data:
https://www.ibm.com/security/services/data-security
https://www.ibm.com/security/campaign/gdpr
The LoopBack framework does not store any data but act as a data processor. It is the LoopBack developers/users' responsibilities to allow end-users of the LoopBack application to request deletion of personal data, so that their LoopBack application is GDPR compliant.
For details, refer to the GDPR Privacy By Design guidelines from the GDPR official Web site.
The LoopBack framework does not monitor data. It is the LoopBack developers/users' responsibilities to ensure the data monitoring is GDPR compliant. For details, refer to the GDPR Privacy By Design guidelines from the GDPR official Web site.
LoopBack is a development framework that does not collect any data. It is the LoopBack developers/users' responsibilities to meet data subject rights.
For details, refer to the GDPR Privacy By Design guidelines from the GDPR official Web site.