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How to Completely Remove PII in order to comply with GDPR?

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edited 03/08/24 in Smartsheet Basics

Hi, I have a use case that is leading to some larger questions about how Smartsheet manages PII.

In this application, we offer users a form to enter their information (name, address, email etc.) into a secure sheet for our limited use. This is all relatively easy, clean (and secure).

However, it gets tricky to comply with the requirements when a user requests that their PII be removed from our system. I have built some automations that clear the cells, but:

  • The row cannot be automatically deleted so Cell History still retains the PII
  • Moving the row to a 'delete' sheet has more or less the same problem
  • In either case the row would have to be manually deleted at some frequency as a work-around

The other (even bigger) problem is the Activity Log. Is there any way at all to clear the log? We certainly are not 'allowed' to have PII data sitting in the log for all time, even if it is somewhat difficult to get to.

Please let me know if I am missing a trick, or if this is already being addressed somewhere else?

Thanks!

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