Compliance · UK GDPR

UK GDPR compliance with Offline Secure Storage®.

Demonstrate appropriate technical measures under UK GDPR. Offline Secure Storage® holds selected personal data on hardware that is physically disconnected between sessions, with identity-locked access and a log of every session.

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72-hour breach notification
Up to 4% of global turnover
Article 32 security

Offline by default
Identity-locked access
Encrypted
Session logs

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The requirement

The UK GDPR compliance challenge.

UK GDPR requires organisations to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures. Physical disconnection is a strong technical measure for the records that do not need to stay online.

What it asks

Article 32 asks for security appropriate to the risk, including the ability to restore availability and access to personal data in a timely manner after an incident.

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Physically disconnected Offline Secure Storage: server, three drives and a padlock

What is tested

What regulators look for.

Each line is something an assessor, regulator or underwriter can ask you to evidence.

1
Appropriate technical measures

Evidence that the measures fit the risk of the processing.
2
Minimisation and storage limitation

Holding only what you need, for as long as you need it.
3
Access controls and audit trails

Who can reach personal data, and a record of who did.
4
Privacy by design and by default

Protection built into how the data is held, not added later.

Consequences

Regulatory consequences.

What happens when the control is missing, and there is no record to show.

Financial penalties

Up to £17.5 million or 4% of annual global turnover, whichever is higher.

Regulatory scrutiny

Increased oversight and mandatory audits.

Reputational damage

Loss of customer trust and market position.

Legal action

Claims from the individuals affected.

The architecture

How OSS supports UK GDPR compliance.

Offline Secure Storage® addresses several UK GDPR requirements through physical disconnection.

Physical disconnection

While offline, there is no network path to the data, so remote access is not possible between sessions.

Access controls

Identity-verified access, with an audit trail for every session.

Encryption at rest

Data is encrypted on dedicated hardware.

Dedicated hardware

Held in a Firevault Bunker in the UK or Europe, with no third-party cloud dependency.

What sits offline

Personal data protected under UK GDPR.

The records most often moved into Offline Secure Storage® for this framework.

Employee personal records
Customer PII and financial data
Health and biometric data
Legal privilege communications
Board and governance records
Children’s data and safeguarding records

Authoritative sources

Read the guidance for yourself.

ICO

UK GDPR guidance

The ICO’s guide to UK GDPR, including the security principle and breach reporting.

ICO guide to UK GDPR

NCSC

Offline backups in an online world

Why at least one backup should be offline and separate from the network it protects.

Read the NCSC blog

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