A commitment to data privacy and transparency
Suments is a forward-thinking company committed to protecting personal data while raising awareness about the hidden risks in digital media. “My Web Leaks Data” project was created to raise awareness and shed light on the dangers information contained in the metadata on the files of your website.
The unseen risks behind digital assets
All digital assets contain metadata in order to be displayed correctly, track its origin, and many other funcionalities.
Though the images and files on this site might appear harmless, the metadata they contain have not been processed to remove personal, cybersecurity and legal information. This information could potentially impact your GDPR compliance (Data breach) as information is being published in an uncontrolled way.
What is metadata?
Metadata is structured information that describes, explains, or locates data, making it easier to use, manage, or retrieve. It’s also known as “data about data”
What is metadata used for by good guys?
Metadata helps users find, understand, and organize data. It can be used for search engines, processing control, data quality, data management, …
What is metadata used for by bad guys?
Metadata is a hacker’s gold mine. Metadata about username & e-mail address, operative system, software tools used internally tell the bad guys what is the easiest way to tell the bad guys the best way to attack our organization.
I did not add any metadata to my document…
Metadata is added to digital assets by the software tools used during its creation, the operative system, the website plarform used to share it, …. . Ocasionally, it can be added manually, however is the least common case.
Awareness & news
My Web Leaks Data project intends to be a collection of examples and real-world scenarios to raise awareness about the importance of metadata in digital assets.
Suments Metadata management
Our tailored solutions help individuals and organizations to handle this issue by addressing all steps needed to ensure the risk-related metadata is removed from publicly available digital assets.
Regulatory & brand implications
Unintended publication of information can lead to data breaches and cyberattacks, both of them having economical and reputational impact to your organization.
How severe could it be?
- Fines will depend on the severity, the risks and consequences the data breach might have on individuals. The penalty ranges from a few thousand GPB/EUR up to 20M or 4% of annual turnover. You can read more on GDPR enforcement tracker.
- If a data breach leads to a cyberattack your brand credibility, public perception, customer trust… will be severely impacted.
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