User Data Security
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User data security is paramount in today’s digital landscape, where threats are ever-evolving and privacy breaches can have severe consequences. At the core of robust data security is end-to-end encryption, ensuring that user information is protected both in transit and at rest. This means that your data is scrambled into an unreadable format while traveling over networks and remains secure even when stored. Furthermore, employing multi-layered security measures such as secure access controls, regular vulnerability assessments, and stringent data handling protocols fortifies this protection. By integrating these practices with advanced technologies like decentralized storage and confidential computing, we aim to safeguard your sensitive information from unauthorized access and breaches, ensuring that your personal data remains private and under your control at all times.
Our vision of the User Data Security is much more advanced than what can be found in regulations such as CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) or GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
GDPR & CCPA: Both regulations empower users to have control over their personal data. They grant individuals the right to access, modify, and delete their data (Right to Access, Right to Erasure under GDPR, and the Right to Know, Delete, and Opt-Out under CCPA).
Synk Workspace: Synk Workspace is built around the user-centric principle where users fully own their data. Synk ensures data encryption at rest, in transit, and in active memory, ensuring no unauthorized party, including the platform itself, can access or manipulate user data. We add a layer of data decentralization, which CCPA and GDPR do not specifically mandate but aligns with their data control principles.
GDPR: GDPR mandates data minimization and limits the storage of personal data to what is strictly necessary for the purposes it was collected.
CCPA: While less explicit than GDPR, CCPA encourages businesses to only collect personal data that’s necessary for their services and allows consumers to request deletion of unnecessary data.
Synk Workspace: Synk Workspace decentralized storage solution and the upcoming implementation of IPFS pinning follow a similar principle. By utilizing non-persistent environments with decentralized storage, data is stored only as long as it is needed, offering superior privacy safeguards compared to traditional platforms. Users also have full control over when and how long their data remains, surpassing both CCPA and GDPR in terms of data sovereignty.
GDPR: Requires explicit consent from users before collecting their data and mandates that businesses must provide clear, transparent information about how personal data is being used.
CCPA: Similarly, CCPA requires that consumers be informed about what personal data is being collected and how it is used. However, CCPA does not require explicit opt-in consent, but it does provide an opt-out option.
Synk Workspace: Synk Workspace goes beyond by ensuring full transparency through its community-driven approach. Users not only control their data but also the tools they use, creating an environment where transparency isn’t just about informing users but empowering them to control every aspect of their web activities. Additionally, with decentralized VPNs and TOR, users can further choose how they interact with the internet while remaining anonymous.
GDPR & CCPA: Both laws require businesses to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the security of personal data. GDPR explicitly mentions pseudonymization and encryption as security techniques, while CCPA demands reasonable security procedures.
Synk Workspace: Synk Workspace use of advanced threat detection (IoC, YARA rules), Secure Web Gateway, and encrypted decentralized systems outpaces traditional security frameworks outlined in these laws. Sandboxed environments ensure that even in the event of a breach, user data is virtually impossible to access without proper authorization, providing unparalleled privacy and data protection beyond regulatory requirements.
GDPR: Users have the right to receive their personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and to transmit that data to another controller.
CCPA: Similar to GDPR, CCPA grants the right for consumers to obtain their personal information in a format that allows easy transfer to another service.
Synk Workspace: Through decentralized and modular data storage, Synk offers users full portability and ownership over their data. Data stored on decentralized servers can be accessed and moved seamlessly across systems without relying on centralized intermediaries, giving users ultimate flexibility that surpasses current regulatory standards.
GDPR: Prohibits fully automated decision-making processes that significantly affect individuals without human intervention, unless specific consent is given or such processes are explicitly necessary.
CCPA: CCPA does not have specific provisions for automated decision-making, but it does protect consumers from unfair treatment based on their personal information.
Synk Workspace: Since Synk Workspace does not engage in data collection or automated profiling, users are entirely exempt from concerns around automated decision-making. This decentralized model naturally prevents any form of behavioral tracking or profiling that’s possible in centralized environments.